Lockdown.
Lockdown.
By
:
King, Laurie R.
Publication Date
:
2017
Subject Term
:
Schools -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Secrecy -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Genre
:
Suspense fiction.
Summary
:
Career Day at Guadalupe Middle School: A day given to innocent hopes and youthful dreams. A day no one in attendance will ever forget. A year ago, Principal Linda McDonald arrived at Guadalupe determined to overturn the school's reputation for truancy, gang violence, and neglect. One of her initiatives is Career Day--bringing together children, teachers, and community presenters in a celebration of the future. But there are some in attendance who reject McDonald's bright vision. A principal with a secret. A husband with a murky past. A cop with too many questions. A kid under pressure to prove himself. A girl struggling to escape a mother's history. A young basketball player with an affection for guns. Even the school janitor has a story he dare not reveal. But no one at the gathering anticipates the shocking turn of events that will transform a day of possibilities into an explosive confrontation. Tense, poignant, and brilliantly paced, Laurie R. King's novel charts compelling characters on a collision course--a chain of interactions that locks together hidden lives, troubling secrets, and the bravest impulses of the human heart.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780804177931
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Mount Pearl (AMP) R. King | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC KIN | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT FIC - BASEMENT | Adult Fiction - Basement | FIC KIN | Checked In |