Shooter
by Walter Dean Myers

Cameron: "Deep inside, you know that whoever gets up in your face gets there because he knows you?re nothing, and he knows that you know it too." Carla: "What I?m trying to do is to get by — not even get over, just get by." Leonard: "I have bought a gaw-juss weapon. It lies beneath my bed like a secret lover, quiet, powerful, waiting to work my magic." Statement of Fact: 17-year-old white male found dead in the aftermath of a shooting incident at Madison High School in Harrison County. Conclusion: Death by self-inflicted wound. Ages 12+