Five months ago, Valerie Leftman's boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Shot trying to stop him, Valerie inadvertently saved the life of a classmate, but was implicated in the shootings because of the list she helped created. A list of people and things she and Nick hated. The list he used to pick his targets.
Now, after a summer of seclusion, Val is forced to confront her guilt as she returns to school to complete her senior year. Haunted by the memory of the boyfriend she still loves and navigating rocky relationships with her family, former friends, and the girl whose life she saved, Val must come to grips with the tragedy that took place and her role in it, in order to make amends and move on with her life.
3/5 stars (like it)
This story was not about the shooting itself but about the recovery from the shooting. We start out with Valerie going back to school her senior year and through flashbacks we see life before the shooting. We get to know Nick through Valerie. We get to know him not as the person that decided to shoot everyone but as the unpopular kid that got bullied and how Val saw him. We also get to know the people that did the bullying before the shooting and after. I thought the story was well told and the ending was fitting.
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