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Published
2018
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Subgenre
Contemporary
Section
Young Adult

People Kill People

Ellen Hopkins

Six teens in Tucson are connected by a gun, and one of them will use it.

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Themes

Race & racismActivism & justiceFamily

Mood

Feels dark, tense.

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