Shelton, Donna.
Sticks and Stones.
(Gravel Road Rural) Saddleback
2016
106p
$9.95
ISBN 978-1-68021-103-0 jr/sr Realistic
fiction, Hi/lo VG-BN
At a party, Peyton gets drunk. A boy drives her home, asks
to use the restroom and proceeds to rape Peyton even though she says “get off
me” and “no”. With feelings of guilt
and shame, she must
navigate the next day at school and the weeks that
follow. In this short novel, with an
easy
vocabulary, many themes are covered and play out in a realistic
way: the
trauma of date rape for the victim, the slurs by her rapists and others
at school, the need for immediate health care, and concern about contacting the
police when the boy involved is a school hero. For victims
of date rape, this is familiar territory that has the ring of truth. As a
cautionary tale, it makes reference to the Plan B pill being
available or not, the
help offered at clinics for emotional counseling, medical care, tests for STDs,
and the role clergy can provide. Geared to small towns in rural America, this
story will resonate in large cities as well. The Gravel Road
Rural
series offers short novels about life in small towns where
contemporary teenage problems exist. Told with easy to read vocabulary. Grades
8-12. Strongly
recommended for any high school library collection.
Summary: At a party, Peyton gets drunk. A boy
drives her home, asks to use the restroom and proceeds to rape Peyton even
though she says “get off me” and “no”. With
feelings of guilt and shame, she must
navigate the next day at school and the weeks that
follow.
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