The Kilwade Tragedy

"Amazingly graphic, terrifyingly real-life and current time. A parental must read." Terry Keys, USA Today bestselling author of Lie No More and The Missing pens his most captivating book to date. This is the heart-breaking story about a small-town boy who'd taken everything from everyone until he could take no more. Seventeen-year-old Blaze Planter is a Jr. at Kilwade, High School. His parents have recently divorced.
His grades are slipping. His anger is growing with each day. Relationships with his closest friends are failing. Secrets about his life are being uncovered. No one understands what he is going through. And everyone who has betrayed him needs to be taught a lesson. So now he stands with the one friend that has never betrayed him. The one friend that does what he asks every time he squeezes the trigger.
The only friend that he can depend on. Tragedies don't just happen. The signs are simply overlooked every day until it's too late. The importance of teen health and teen mental health cannot be overstated. After the read be sure to review the author's note where resources for additional help are listed. There are also discussion questions to generate conversation & get adults and student's talking.