Valerie and her boyfriend, Nick, are social outcasts at their school. They deal with their mistreatment and being bullied by creating a "Hate List" with the names of all of the people who torment them. For Valerie the list is just an outlet for her feelings - for Nick it becomes a list of all the people he intends to kill. When Nick comes to school and begins to shoot the people on the list, Valerie tries to stop him and gets hit herself. Saddened by Nick's choice to shoot classmates and eventually commit suicide, Valerie's problems are just beginning as she is implicated in the murders for her part in the hate list. As Valerie struggles to clear her name and her conscience, she must also face going to school again with classmates who distrust and dislike her even more than before, and a family who is falling apart because of her actions and part in the school shooting. Can Valerie mend relationships with family and classmates, and can she recover from losing the only person she trusted?
Excellent book - highly recommended!
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