Give a Boy a Gun is an epistolary novel for young adults by Todd Strasser, first published in 2000. The novel describes the events and social circumstances that lead up to, and form the aftermath of, a fictional school shooting. The story is presented in the form of segments of transcribed post-incident interviews with students, parents, teachers, and community members, compiled by Denise Shipley, a journalism student who is the stepsister of one of the shooters.[1] The interviews provide a variety of viewpoints on the incident – some sympathetic, others hostile. Interspersed through the book are footnotes providing statistical information about guns and gun violence.
The plot has some similarities to the real-life Columbine High School massacre of April 20, 1999, although Strasser began research on the book before the Columbine shooting.[2] The book was the first book relating to school shootings published after Columbine.[2]
^Rachelle Lasky Bilz (2004). Life is Tough: Guys, Growing Up, and Young Adult Literature. p. 90. ISBN 0810850559.
^ abJoni Richards Bodart (2016). They Hurt, They Scar, They Shoot, They Kill: Toxic Characters in Young Adult Fiction. ISBN 978-1442230828.
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