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Koertge, Ron

The Brimstone Journals

115 pp. | Candlewick | February, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-7636-1302-9 $$15.99
(4) YA Fifteen students representing extremes of teenage social problems (alienation, race issues, teen sex, etc.) bring their high school experience to life in this collection of free verse, culminating in a Columbine-type massacre only barely averted. The characterization is so thin that the students become their issues, and the verse is unremarkable, but with such potent ingredients the result is powerful.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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