People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins

People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins is a powerful, thought provoking, and intense story that will hang around in your thoughts long after you have read the last page.  It is an important story that deals with gun violence and white supremacy in gripping fashion.  In true Ellen Hopkins style, she tells her story in a unique way, with not only the voices of our six main characters, but also the voice of the gun itself, always there provoking it's potential user.  It is an intense read, but one that is well worth your time.

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“Fall’s most provocative YA read.” —Entertainment Weekly

Someone will shoot. And someone will die.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins tackles gun violence and white supremacy in this compelling and complex novel.

People kill people. Guns just make it easier.

A gun is sold in the classifieds after killing a spouse, bought by a teenager for needed protection. But which was it? Each has the incentive to pick up a gun, to fire it. Was it Rand or Cami, married teenagers with a young son? Was it Silas or Ashlyn, members of a white supremacist youth organization? Daniel, who fears retaliation because of his race, who possessively clings to Grace, the love of his life? Or Noelle, who lost everything after a devastating accident, and has sunk quietly into depression?

One tense week brings all six people into close contact in a town wrought with political and personal tensions. Someone will fire. And someone will die. But who?