Genre and Themes: Young Adult Dark Modern Fiction - high school life, bullying, rape, drug and alcohol abuse
Keir, a high school teenager, is a good guy. He is a good guy that has always needed to prove to others that he is indeed a good guy. First he has to prove when he seriously injures a football player while playing in a football game. The player ends up dying from the severity of the injury. This incident has everyone in school nicknaming him "Killer". At first it is a nickname that he completely shies away from because of its obvious negative connotation but after a while he starts to embrace it a bit but gets defensive when others bring up the origin behind the nickname. He constantly has to convince himself and others that he is a good guy. Upset that his sisters didn't come to town to see him graduate he celebrates instead with his best friend Gigi who he now has to convince that what she thinks is rape is indeed not. Or is it? The story keeps you guessing the entire way what kind of person Keir really is.Awards Won by This Title:
2005 - Booklist Editors Choice Books for Youth
2005 - National Book Awards Finalist for Young Peoples Literature
2005 - SLJ Best Books
2006 - YALSA Best Books for Young Adults
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