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Nineteen Minutes

A novel

By Jodi Picoult

(161)

| Hardcover | 9780743496728

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Book Description

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Bestseller Picoult (My Sister's Keeper) takes on another contemporary hot-button issue in her brilliantly told new thriller, about a high school shooting. Peter Houghton, an alienated teen who has been bullied for years by the popular crowd, brings weapons to his high school in Sterling, N.H., one day and opens fire, killing 10 people. Flashbacks reveal how bullying caused Peter to retreat into a world of violent computer games. Alex Cormier, the judge assigned to Peter's case, tries to maintain her objectivity as she struggles to understand her daughter, Josie, one of the surviving witnesses of the shooting. The author's insights into her characters' deep-seated emotions brings this ripped-from-the-headlines read chillingly alive. (Mar.)
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From Booklist
Popular and prolific Picoult (My Sister's Keeper, and The Tenth Circle , 2006) now tackles the troubling topic of a school shooting. Picoult considers the tragedy--in 19 quick minutes, 10 are dead and 19 are wounded--from several different perspectives, including that of the shooter, a troubled boy named Peter, who was mercilessly picked on at school. The small town of Sterling is rocked by the carnage. Alex Cormier is the superior court judge planning to hear the case, but her daughter, Josie, Peter's only friend during childhood but now a member of the in crowd, was in the midst of the melee. Peter spared Josie, but killed her boyfriend. Two characters from previous Picoult novels are also involved. Charismatic detective Patrick DuCharme rushes into the school and apprehends Peter, and Jordan McAfee agrees to defend the young killer. Every bit as gripping and moving as Picoult's previous novels, Nineteen Minutes will no doubt garner considerable attention for its controversial subject and twist ending. Kristine Huntley
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Critics

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)

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22 Reviews

3 people find this helpful

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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3 people find this helpful

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 | 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 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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

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 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback