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Quad

C. G. Watson

2007304 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2007
first published
  • 2007Razorbill · ENGISBN 9781595141385
  • 2010Penguin USA, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781101111161
  • 2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9781530238972

Everything led up to this moment—the point when the teasing, the cruelty, the pressure all became too much. And someone finally snapped.Now six students, from six different cliques, are trapped in the student store while a shooter terrorizes their school. The shooter's identity is teased out through the students' flashbacks until the reader breathlessly reaches the final page. It's only there that he discovers the shocking answer to the question: Who is shooting out in the quad?This gripping thriller by educator C. G. Watson is inspired by observations made in her own high school. Quad examines in heartrending detail how even the most casual cruelties can tear people apart.

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