A review by katherine_f16
If We Had Known by Elise Juska

5.0

This is a book that touched me because, like the main character, I have found grading student writing to be a heavy and emotionally taxing task. What if we make the wrong call? Are we then the ones that must bear that responsibility? What is the line between what should be red flagged and what is not? Before you read this book, it's important to understand it's not a book about a shooting. That happens "off stage." This is a book about the people who are touched by the shooting, those who held responsibility to "say something," and our human urge to point a finger of blame at someone. I thought it was well done.