Jodi Picoult's books continue to be very popular at the library, and often the space on the shelf where her books reside is empty. Fans of Picoult will be happy to see she has a new book out, Nineteen Minutes. And, Jodi is up for Book of the Year, Galaxy British Book Awards. If she's a favorite of yours, take a minute and cast your vote for her.

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

"Bestseller Picoult (My Sister's Keeper) takes on another contemporary hot-button issue in her brilliantly told new thriller, about a high school shooting. Peter Houghton, an alienated teen who has been bullied for years by the popular crowd, brings weapons to his high school in Sterling, N.H., one day and opens fire, killing 10 people. Flashbacks reveal how bullying caused Peter to retreat into a world of violent computer games. Alex Cormier, the judge assigned to Peter's case, tries to maintain her objectivity as she struggles to understand her daughter, Josie, one of the surviving witnesses of the shooting. The author's insights into her characters' deep-seated emotions brings this ripped-from-the-headlines read chillingly alive."

~ Publisher Weekly Review