Nineteen Minutes

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• NINETEEN MINUTES

  I'm hooked on NINETEEN MINUTES, whom I discovered only recently (yes, I was living in a cave). I haven't yet worked my way through all of her previous 13 novels (four down, nine to go), but I've read enough to know that her work is consistently intel ... (read full critics)

  teenreads published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

• Nineteen Minutes By Jodi Picoult

  This timely, provocative novel—Picoult's 14th—focuses on a shooting incident that takes place at a high school in Sterling, New Hampshire. Peter Houghton is a lonely outsider taunted by the popular kids. One day, he brings a gun to school and shoots ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

22 Reviews

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  My Sister's Keeper was so good, I had to read one more of Picoult's. Nineteen Minutes is even better!!! The story is gripping with a good surprising final twist. Tho it is a grim topic, the story plot is very tight. It makes me think about the bullying when I was a teen. I guess all of us been thru ... (continue)

  My Sister's Keeper was so good, I had to read one more of Picoult's. Nineteen Minutes is even better!!! The story is gripping with a good surprising final twist. Tho it is a grim topic, the story plot is very tight. It makes me think about the bullying when I was a teen. I guess all of us been thru that, on both the giving and receiving end. You never know how deep you can deconstruct someone else's life.

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  Running Jan said on Jul 2, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  As usual, Picoult leaves you with an ending you never see coming. This book was a page-turner, as cliche as that sounds. I couldn't stop reading it, and was still thinking about it long after I finished.

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  Artboi1980 said on Oct 17, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  I don't think I'm going to read any more books by this author. She provides her take on various "issues of the day" (e.g., this one is about a school shooting), and it's not that I think what she says is wrong. I just don't find it illuminating.

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  Cinder said on Apr 12, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  Nineteen Mintues, Jodi Picoult

  an amazing, breath taking book! loved it from start to finish and couldn't put it down at all! Jodi is a great writter!! read this book! its great :)

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  Holly Pitter said on Feb 10, 2012 about the eBook edition | Add your feedback

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  19 Minutes

  In true Picoult style, a tale that breaks your heart and leaves you thinking how lucky you are!

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  Emily said on Jun 21, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Such a shocking story with a terrifying reality and wonderful twists.

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  Valentine said on Feb 2, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• ISBN-10: 0340935790
• ISBN-13: 9780340935798
• Publisher: Hodder Paperback
• Pub date: Apr 17, 2008
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Others and eBook
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