Book Review

19 Minutes
By: Jodi Picoult

Rating: 5
I rate this book a 5 because I like to read books about teenage life. This book reminds me a lot of Batesville and how social status is such a big issue. It's hard for me to get into books, but I really enjoyed it. I can also relate with the character Josie so I couldn't put it down.

In this book you kinda go back and forth. You start at the shooting then you go back to the first day of kindergarten and then towards the end you are 5 months after the shooting.

The reason this reminds me of Batesville because popularity is big deal, having the right clothes, and putting other people down.

I can relate to because her boyfriend is athletic and popular. He has friends that are really rude and mean to other kids and gets sucked into it as well. Also because she lives with her mom but they still aren't that close.

Salem Witch Trials

When I found out that I was accused of witchcraft I was so angry yet so nervous. I would never do anything like that and for someone to think that is mistaken. When I walk through town I feel embarrassed, sad, and like no one really knew me. I feel all my friends turned their backs on me. My family is sad that I have to go to trial and that I have to go through this. My kids cry every night thinking I might be hanged. My husband wants to kill whoever blamed me because he knows me better than anyone else and knows I would never practice witchcraft. I think to myself; why would these people think this of me? Do I act evil? Is this really happening? All these years that I have known these people they act like they never knew me. My mind races about all the outcomes. They could find me innocent and my life could be the same again. They could find me guilty and I could be but in jail for the rest of my life or be hanged. I learned that you can’t have enemies and that you can’t trust anyone except yourself. I learned life isn’t always perfect and little mistakes can cause you a lot of grief. I learned that you never know what’s going to happen and at anytime your life can turn towards the deep end. Also that your life is in the Lords hands and he will decide your future.

Shooter

In the book Shooter it shows us what our world is coming to. Kids abusing drugs and being picked on so much, they are depressed, that they will bring guns to school and shoot other kids.
“He used prescription drugs and he found ways of getting them.” Many teens and adults in our society are abusing prescription drugs. They find ways of getting them. They buy them; steal them, or fake injuries to be prescribed them.