Charbonneau, Joelle Time Bomb, 340 pages. Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, 2018. $18. Content: Language: R (93 swears); Mature Content: PG;
Violence: PG-13.
Six students are at
their high school the week before school starts for various reasons, but when a
bomb goes off at the school they are quickly brought together as some of the
only survivors. As the kids are trying
to help each other, they realize they are all trapped on the third floor and
bombs keep going off at the school, causing smoke and fire to hinder their
escape. They are all suspicious of each
other and their background stories make them all the possible bomber, but as
events escalate one student comes forward as the perpetrator.
This is an intense read that covers topics like rasicim, bullying and
judging others. I liked the development
of the plot and I also liked the characters.
It’s a hard book to read because violence in schools is realistic and I
also felt like the perpetrator needed to show remorse but did not. The swear count is high, and the violence was
upsetting but not overly graphic. I
would put it as advisable except for the language.
MS, HS – OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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