Whitney, D. (2010). The
Mockingbirds. New York: Little, Brown, and Company.
339 pages.
ISBN: 9780316090537 (Hardback)
Price: $16.99
Other Formats: Paperback and ebook
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Awards:
- A Romantic Times Best Book of 2010
- A Best Book for Young Adults - American Library Association
- An NPR Best Book of 2010
- An Association of Booksellers for Children New Voices Pick for 2010
- Chicago Public Library Best of Best Books for Teens in 2010
- Northern California Independent Booksellers Association
- Book of the Year Award Honorable Mention
- An Indie Next List Pick
- A GoodReads Mover and Shaker for November 2010
- The Books-A-Million teen book club pick for January 2011
- (Retrieved from the Author's Website. )
Recommended for high school students (Ages 14-18).
Annotation: Date rape happens more often in high school than
most people think, and no one is immune from being a victim of this atrocious
crime.
If you are too drunk to remember giving a boy permission to
have sex is it considered date rape? High School junior Alex was having the time
of her life at her exclusive boarding school. She was a good student, excelled
in music, and became best friends with her 2 roommates. Her life was ideal
until she decided to go to a coed party and drank way too much. She ended up
leaving with a boy named Carter, and the next morning, Alex cannot recall how
she wound up in Carter’s bed. All she knows is that she in no longer a virgin. When
Carter starts blabbing about the affair to the entire student body, Alex's
sister and her best friend T.S urge her to take her case to The Mockingbirds- the
school’s own personal justice league. Will the Mockingbirds be able to restore Alex's reputation and prove that Carter raped her?
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