Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Don't let the Nickelback lyric on the first page fool you; Hate List is a wonderful and heartbreaking journey told through the eyes of Valerie, a young girl whose boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their classmates one early morning in May before taking his own life. Through this tragic event and trying to grasp the "why" of what happened, Valerie herself became a suspect. It turns out her boyfriend only shot those people who were on a "hate list", a list Valerie helped create. Though eventually cleared of all charges, Valerie begins the next year of school an outcast. Plagued with the thought that it was all her fault and she should have seen the warning signs in Nick and stopped the madness before it began, she has to begin to rebuild her life and come to terms with what happened. While reading this book, I went through many emotions: happiness, anger, laughter, and tears. It's a fantastic read and kept me hooked from the beginning.

Sam