Jodi Picoult Libri

Sterling è una tranquilla cittadina americana dello New Hampshire dove non succede mai nulla, fino a quando accade l’impensabile: un ragazzo di diciassette anni, Peter Houghton compie una strage di studenti nel suo stesso college. Cerca a sua volta di uccidersi, ma la polizia riesce a impedirlo e lo arresta. Con il «mostro» sbattuto in prima pagina e in prigione, l’intera comunità – genitori, amici, fidanzati, conoscenti delle vittime – straziata, fatica a fare i conti con una realtà peggiore di un incubo: vite stroncate, altre storpiate, deturpate per sempre. Per ironia della sorte, tra i feriti c’è anche Josie Cormier, testimone chiave e figlia del giudice incaricata del processo. E fra i professori del college c’è il padre di Peter, che da bambino era amico di Josie. Ciascuna delle persone coinvolte tenta, fra passato e presente, di comprendere i perché di ciò che è successo in un dialogo a più voci intenso e spiazzante perché fa capire come la realtà sia perversamente complessa, come gli studenti modello possano rivelarsi degli aguzzini e come i mostri possano rivelarsi vittime disperate, in un’età in cui quanto è maggiore il bisogno di amore e comprensione, tanto minore è la capacità di mostrarlo, un’età in cui le insicurezze spingono al conformismo che non tollera diversità.

"Fino a quella telefonata alle tre del mattino di una giornata di novembre, i Gold e i loro vicini di casa, gli Harte, sono sempre stati inseparabili. Per ben diciotto anni. Non è stata una sorpresa per nessuno, dunque, quando i loro figli adolescenti, Chris ed Emily, da semplici amici sono diventati qualcosa di più. Ma adesso la diciassettenne Emily è morta - uccisa da un colpo di pistola alla testa sparatole da Chris, in un apparente patto suicida lasciando le due famiglie devastate e alla disperata ricerca di risposte su un gesto inimmaginabile, di due figli che forse non conoscevano bene come credevano. È rimasta una sola pallottola nella pistola che Chris ha preso dall'armadio del padre, una pallottola che secondo la sua versione era destinata a se stesso. Cos'è successo veramente? Un detective della polizia del luogo nutre più di un dubbio sul patto suicida descritto dal ragazzo e inizia un'indagine." -- publisher's or bookseller's website

A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned - they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against bringing race into a courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other's lives, they begin to doubt the beliefs they each hold most dear.

Number One bestselling author Jodi Picoult combines topical moral issues and emotional human drama with the page-turning compulsion of a thriller.

Over 50 years of an iconic classic! This international bestseller and inspiration for a beloved movie is a heroic story of friendship and belonging. No one ever said life was easy. But Ponyboy is pretty sure that he's got things figured out. He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. And he knows that he can count on his friends—true friends who would do anything for him, like Johnny and Two-Bit. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up on “greasers” like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect—until the night someone takes things too far. The Outsiders is a dramatic and enduring work of fiction that laid the groundwork for the YA genre. S. E. Hinton's classic story of a boy who finds himself on the outskirts of regular society remains as powerful today as it was the day it was first published. "The Outsiders transformed young-adult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players and high school crushes to one that portrayed a darker, truer world." —The New York Times "Taut with tension, filled with drama." —The Chicago Tribune "[A] classic coming-of-age book." —Philadelphia Daily News A New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Book A Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book An ALA Best Book for Young Adults Winner of the Massachusetts Children's Book Award

Jacob Hunt is a teenager: brilliant at maths, wicked sense of humour, extraordinarily organised, hopeless at reading social cues. And Jacob has Asperger's. His mother expects other people not to understand. But she doesn't expect Jacob to be charged with murder.

"A major decision about me is being made, and no one's bothered to ask the one person who most deserves it to speak her opinion." The only reason Anna was born was to donate her cord blood cells to her older sister. And though Anna is not sick, she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since she was a child. Anna was born for this purpose, her parents tell her, which is why they love her even more. But now that she has reached an age of physical awareness, she can't help but long for control over her own body and respite from the constant flow of her own blood seeping into her sister's veins. And so she makes a decision that for most would be too difficult to bear, at any time and at any age. She decides to sue her parents for the rights to her own body.

The novel explores the aftermath of a tragic shooting that shatters the close-knit bond between two families, the Golds and the Hartes. As the story unfolds, it delves into the complexities of teenage relationships and the devastating impact of violence. With Emily dead and Chris implicated in her death, both families grapple with their grief and the shocking reality of their children's lives, seeking understanding amidst their anguish. The narrative highlights themes of friendship, loss, and the hidden struggles of youth.

Is it cruel or humane to judge that some lives are simply not worth living? Number One bestseller Jodi Picoult's compelling novel brings the issue vividly to life.