Nineteen Reasons to Read Nineteen Minutes

"In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five....In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it. In nineteen minutes, you can get revenge."

~Jodi Picoult Nineteen Minutes

Here are 19 reasons you should read Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult:

1. School shootings can happen anywhere.


2. Bullying is a reality for many teenagers.


3. You will recognize the setting - a typical suburban high school.


4. The killer, Peter, seems like just a normal kid.


5. The judge's daughter, Josie, has a secret.


6. Jordan McAfee is Peter's attorney.


7. Picoult will make you wonder who committed the real crime.


8. You will get to peek into the mind of an adolescent.


9. You will ask yourself, "How well do I know my own children?"


10. Picoult lets you be the judge.


11. Picoult examines the complexities of high school class structure and cliques.


12. Picoult will make you think.


13. Picoult will make you cry.


14. Picoult will open your eyes.


15. The plot is complex and intriguing.


16. You won't be able to put it down.


17. Picoult has a gift for seeing all sides of a story and communicating those sides in a compelling narrative.


18. The characters are realistic; they could be your neighbors, your friends, or even your own children.


19. Nineteen Minutes is timely; it is the here and the now.