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Violence
A lot
Significant; a school shooting and its aftermath are the novel's central event
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild; teen social world includes some substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant; the psychological depth of guilt, memory, and the slow revelation of what really happened
What this book is about
Malin Persson Giolito's Swedish crime novel follows Maja Norberg — eighteen, in jail awaiting trial, the only survivor of a school shooting that killed her boyfriend and her best friend. Giolito structures the novel between Maja's imprisonment and her memories of how she got there, building a portrait of privilege, identity, and the question of what the truth actually is. Winner of the Glass Key Award.
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School shooting depicted and central
Mature content
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