School Violence

These books about school violence can be found at the Morse High School Library. For more books like these, search the library's online catalog. Use the following subject headings:

  • Campus violence

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder

  • School shootings

  • School violence

A Heart in a Body in the World

Deb Caletti

Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and friends, Annabelle, runs from Seattle to Washington, D.C., becoming a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to her recent trauma.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC CALETTI

Columbine

Dave Cullen

Provides an account of the shootings at Colorado's Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, focusing on the teenage killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, drawing from interviews, police files, psychological studies, and writings and tapes by the boys to look at the signs they left that disaster was looming.

Genre: Non-Fiction

Call Number: 373.78 CUL

Massacre at Virginia Tech: Disaster and Survival

Richard Worth

Examines the Virginia Tech University shootings in April 2007, describing the lives of both the killer and the victims, as well as the sociological problems surrounding school shootings.

Genre: Non-Fiction

Call Number: 364.152 WOR

Newtown: An American Tragedy

Matthew Lysiak

Presents an account of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, that left twenty-six people dead, twenty of them schoolchildren between the ages of six and seven, chronicling the horrific events and providing insight into the mind of the gunman, Adam Lanza.

Genre: Non-Fiction

Call Number: 371.7 LYS

School Shootings: How Can We Stop Them?

The New York Times Editorial Staff

A collection of editorials and reports on school shootings that provide a broad history of events and debates and show how public reactions are changing.

Genre: Non-Fiction

Call Number: 371.7 SCH

Shooter

Walter Dean Myers

Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting.

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Call Number: FIC MYERS