Nineteen Minutes
Author: Jodi Picoult
Librarian’s note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereSterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing every happens – until a student enters the local high school with an arsenal of guns and starts shooting, changing the lives of everyone inside and out. Previous novels by the author include ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ and ‘Vanishing Acts’…..Read More
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