A father in new hampshire has been arrested after protesting over jodi picoults novel nineteen minutes being assigned to highschool children. The title nineteen minutes refers to how long it takes the shooter, peter houghton, to complete a bloody rampage through his new hampshire high school. Ive been mulling things over about it and the ending bothers me. Nineteen minutes by jodi picoult chapter 5 the day after. Nineteen minutes by jodi picoult chapter 11 five months. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading nineteen minutes. In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. Nineteen minutes by jodi picoult reading guidebook club. To view books in process, and to suggest new books, go to books in process. Theyre like having inclass notes for every discussion. Discussion questions night what would be the considerations for your decision to warn others, keep quiet or take action in a similar situation. Nineteen minutes worksheets and activities this is absolutely the best teacher resource i have ever purchased. Nineteen minutes is how long it took the tennessee titans to sell out of tickets to the playoffs. Nineteen minutes is a harrowing, suspenseful narrative about a high school shooting and its aftermath.
Nineteen minutes summary from litcharts the creators of. If you liked nineteen minutes you may also like another book by jodi picoult, my sisters keeper, along with other books in our fiction category. Read nineteen minutes a novel by jodi picoult with rakuten kobo. Nineteen minutes 2007 is the fourteenth novel by the american author, jodi picoult. Suggested book and reading club discussion questions for nineteen minutes. While this novel can be taught in a classroom setting, it may be more appropriate for a book club.
Chapter 3 cliques and bullies jodi picoult joins the borders book club to discuss nineteen minutes, her newest book. Nineteen minutes by jodi picoult chapter summaries 6. Nineteen minutes summary and study guide supersummary. Nov 26, 20 nineteen minutes covers several emotionallycharged topics including bullying, high school shootings, and other forms of youth violence. Peter houghton enters sterling high and goes on a killing spree that leaves 10 dead and many others wounded both physically and emotionally. Chapter summaries of nineteen minutes by jodi picoult are not meant to replace reading the book. Have a roundtable discussion on the nonfiction aspects raised in the book, such as the role of defense attorneys, peer pressure and the quest for popularity, victimization and bullying, and how school. They are meant to serve as a study guide to help keep the many events in this novel straight. Best known for tackling controversial issues through richly told fictional accounts, jodi picoults 14th novel, nineteen minutes, deals with the truth and. There were times that i almost cried while things were happening to. Nineteen minutes although subject matter not nice, good storytelling nineteen minutes although subject matter not nice, good storytelling jodi does write book that give you an all perspective of the characters in the book. Nineteen minutes pdf by jodi picoult bookspdf4free. Nineteen minutes is jodi picoults most recent novel, and i predict it will become her best seller to date.
Why didnt lacy just become and obgyn instead of a midwife. In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your ha. One of those students is josie cormier, the daughter of district judge alex cormier, who is a single mother. Download nineteen minutes pdf by jodi picoult published on 5th march 2007. Nineteen minutes summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. In nineteen minutes, you can order a pizza and get it delivered. Last year, nineteen minutes by jodi picoult came under fire in gilford, nh when some high school parents objected to the contents of this assigned book. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist. In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. Nineteen minutes by jodi picoult fiction novel nineteen minutes by jodi picoult is a novel based on a school shooting in the small town of sterling, but focuses more importantly on the feelings of the main characters, peter houghton and josie cormier, who experience insecurities and social acceptance, or lack of.
It focuses on the events leading up to and following a high school shooting. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. This 66page guide for nineteen minutes by jodi picoult includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 16 chapters, as well as several more in. Why do think alex was the one to end the friendship between josie and peter after she has been friends with lacy for so long. Topics include school shootings, bullying, the trials and tribulations of.
Buy a cheap copy of nineteen minutes book by jodi picoult. What has nineteen minutes taught you about shootings. In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it. I thought that the characters were well developed and the plot was sad and riveting. Nineteen minutes by jodi picoult chapter 6 six years before. Of course we dont have to answer all these questions but they provide a starting point for discussion book club discussion questions for nineteen minutes 1. In this book, you can cut the front yard, shading your hair, watch 33% of a hockey game. Nineteen minutes asks what it means to be different in our society, who has the right to judge someone else, and whether anyone is ever really who they seem to be. You can read a story to a child or have your oil changed.
In nineteen minutes, picoult writes, you can order a pizza and get it delivered. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Questions and topics for discussion alex and lacys friendship comes to an end when they discover peter and josie playing with guns in the houghton house. I finished reading jodi picoults book, nineteen minutes a few days ago. Nineteen minutes by jodi picoult chapter summaries. Jodi picoults latest topical novel, nineteen minutes, takes its title from the duration of a highschool shooting rampage perpetrated by peter. Nineteen minutes is the amount of time it takes for him to enter his high school and kill 9 classmates and 1 teacher and shatter the lives of countless others, including his parents, his one time friend josie, her mother alex, and the heartbroken families of all of his victims.
Nineteen minutes essay 699 words 3 pages nineteen minutes by jodi picoult fiction novel nineteen minutes by jodi picoult is a novel based on a school shooting in the small town of sterling, but focuses more importantly on the feelings of the main characters, peter houghton and josie cormier, who experience insecurities and social acceptance, or. Nineteen minutes are all it takes to turn the small town of sterling upside down. Nineteen minutes by jodi picoult book club discussion. Peter houghton, picked on by school mates from the first day of kindergarten, enters sterling high, and in nineteen minutes kills ten and wounds another nineteen students.
The mass shooting takes place at sterling high, in new hampshire, and lasts for the nineteen minutes of the book s titular namesake. Jodi picoults latest topical novel, nineteen minutes, takes its title from the duration of a highschool shooting rampage perpetrated by peter houghton, a muchbullied new. Alex and lacys friendship comes to an end when they discover peter. This novel follows the unfolding of a school shooting, including the events leading up to the incident and the aftermath of the incident. At the time, i knew little about the book, only that it involved a school shooting much like columbine. Peter was a victim of bullying for twelve years at the hands of certain. Nineteen minutes covers several emotionallycharged topics including bullying, high school shootings, and other forms of youth violence. Posted in books, discussion, reading tagged books dicussion goodreads jodi picoult nineteen minutes reading post navigation nineteen minutes by jodi picoult chapter 4 twelve years before. Nineteen minutes jodi picoult, 2007 examines a school shooting in a riveting, poignant, and thoughtprovoking novel that asks a haunting question. Hours after the shooting takes place, lacy arrives at sterling high to check on her son, peter, only to hear. Narration was ok sometimes i felt there could have been a. Posted in books, discussion, reading tagged books dicussion goodreads jodi picoult nineteen minutes reading post navigation nineteen minutes by jodi picoult chapter 10 the month before.
Nineteen minutes study guide from litcharts the creators. The chapters in this book are named for time in relation to a school shooting at sterling high school. Alex and lacys friendship comes to an end when they discover peter and josie playing with guns in the houghton house. Nineteen minutes was the first of her books to debut at the top of the new york times bestsellers list. In nineteen minutes, you can back scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist. About jodie picoults book, 19 minutes spoilers the. Suggested book and reading club discussion questions for night. In nineteen minutes, you can prepare scones or get a tooth filled by a dental specialist. Reviews and discussion questions for nineteen minutes are listed along with links to key places and things relevant to the story. My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the. Nineteen minutes by jodi picoult book club discussion questions. Why did lacy think she was going to have to watch alex.