She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time to the moment before her brother changed all their lives forever-and stop him. On the day of Cora’s twelfth birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note.
Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did. Released May 11, this a must have for middle grade classrooms and libraries.Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year.ĭespite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Warga once again has left us with lots to think about and left us with characters imprinted on our hearts. Topics like this are too often swept under the rug and pretended it never existed. The Shape of Thunder is a book to be shared in classrooms to address and discuss privilege, racism, school shootings, and so much more. Despite the traumatic loss, the two friends do come together to forge ahead to right the wrongs and bring healing and hope to their families and themselves. One is trying to move ahead, and one is trying to fix the past. Now the two are trying to deal with the aftermath but no longer speaking to one another.
One was a victim, and one was a relative of the shooter. School shootings are scary, real and happen not just in high schools, but those stories did not exist until The Shape of Thunder. Told in alternating voice Cora and Quinn, we get a glimpse into what two middle-school best friends go through after a school shooting. The Shape of Thunder is another book, that when released and those fortunate to get an eARC, will be talking about because Jasmine Warga dares to go where no one has gone before.
Thank you to Edelweiss+ and publishers Balzer and Bray for an eARC copy of this book.Īfter reading Other Words for Home, I knew I would be reading any book written by Jasmine Warga regardless of the topic.
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