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    Are You Still There

    By Sarah Lynn Scheerger

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    Gabriella Mallory, AP student and perfect-daughter-in-training, stands barefoot on a public toilet for three hours while her school is on lockdown. Someone has planted a bomb and she is hiding. The bomb is defused but the would-be-bomber is still at large. And everyone at Central High School is a suspect. The school starts a top-secret crisis help line and Gabi is invited to join. When she does, she is drawn into a suspenseful game of cat and mouse with the bomber, who has unfinished business. He leaves threatening notes on campus. He makes threatening calls to the help line. And then he begins targeting Gabi directly. Is it because her father is the lead police detective on the case? Is the bomber one of her new friends. Could it be her new boyfriend with his complicated past? As the story unfolds, Gabi knows she is somehow connected to the bomber. Even worse she is part of his plan. Can Gabi reach out and stop him? Or will she be too late?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAW Teen
    Release dateSep 1, 2015
    ISBN9780807545584
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    Sarah Lynn Scheerger

    Sarah Lynn Scheerger is a clinical social worker who works with "at-promise" youth, helping them figure out who they are and who they want to be. She started writing as a convenient excuse to avoid laundry, and admittedly has gotten a little carried away. She writes picture books as well as middle-grade and young adult novels. She lives in southern California with her husband and children. To learn more, check out her website at www.sarahlynnbooks.com.

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    • 4/5
      Are You Still There is so much more than just a thriller. While on the outside this looks to be a book about a high school bomber, I believe it is so much deeper and so much more. Scheeger takes a serious subject- high school bullying- and adds a cast of characters and complex plot that holds you in suspense while also making your heart break. Yet, somehow, she successfully adds humor which provides an extra layer and a needed break from the heavy and dark plot.

      The story is told from Gabi's POV, yet we get glimpses into the mind of the would-be bomber through pages of his/her Manifesto. His/her mind is dark, jaded, and full of hatred.

      Meanwhile, Gabi is the "perfect" student, daughter, friend, but is also very complacent in her life at the beginning. As she begins to interact with her fellow helpline peers, she not only finds new friends, she begins to see that appearances aren't everything. This discovery, along with conversations with anonymous callers, prompts Gabi to reexamine not only how she treats others, but how so many high schoolers do. She begins to see the negative effects that bullying (or even ignorance and avoidance) can cause. Her character's growth throughout the book is subtle, but enriching. She was never a bad person to begin with, but her steps to reach out to others is refreshing.

      Are You Still There is full of suspense and mystery. I found myself constantly analyzing every person Gabi came into contact with, wondering if they were the bomber. One of the things I loved though was that it's not all nail biting suspense. You get lulled into this false sense of security by the normality of Gabi's teenage life and it's when your guard is down that the thriller part kicks back up. It is this back and forth that made the book unputdownable making it to where I finished it in one sitting.

    • 5/5
      Wow. I wasn't sure what to expect when I started reading this book. It is a very tender topic, yet, this book intrigued me. I am glad I gave it the chance it so desired. Very well written!