Seventeen-year-old Peter has always been the target of the school bullies. And it gets worse when his former best friend, Josie, attaches herself to the cool kids. Josie knows that to stay popular, she can't stick up for Peter anymore; she even has to push him away.
When Peter snaps and opts for a revenge shooting rampage at school, the whole community is devastated, and desperate for justice. Josie survives, but her boyfriend is dead. Josie plagued by survivor guilt and trauma has erased her memory, but is she hiding anything else?
Jordon McAfee is determined to defend Peter. But secrets and lies and fragile emotions cloud the truth. What really happened in those nineteen minutes, and could anyone have done anything to prevent it?
Nineteen Minutes is a riveting, thought-provoking tale with a jaw-dropping finale.
Ages 15+
