Interrogation of Gabriel James

Winner of the Mystery Writers of America's 2011 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult FictionAmerican Library Association Quick Picks for Young AdultsTexas TAYSHAS High School Reading ListEyewitness to two killings, fourteen-year-old Gabriel James relates the shocking story behind the murders in a police interrogation interspersed with flashbacks. Step by step, this Montana teenager traces his discovery of a link between a troubled classmate's disturbing home life and an outbreak of local crime. In the process, however, Gabriel becomes increasingly confused about his own culpability for the explosive events that have unfolded.