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Numb to this, memoir of a mass shooting, Kindra Neely

eng

contains biographical information

illustrations

no index present

Ages 14 & up, Little, Brown and Company

non fiction

Numb to this

comics graphic novels

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Kindra Neely

memoir of a mass shooting

This searing graphic memoir portrays the impact of gun violence through a fresh lens with urgency, humanity, and a very personal hope. Kindra Neely never expected it to happen to her. No one does. Sure, shed sometimes been close to gun violence, like when the house down the street from her childhood home in Texas was targeted in a drive-by shooting. But now she lived in Oregon, where she spent her time swimming in rivers with friends or attending classes at the bucolic Umpqua Community College. And then, one day, it happend: a mass shooting shattered her college campus. Over the span of a few minutes, on October 1, 2015, eight students and a professor lost their lives. And suddenly, Kindra became a survivor. This empathetic and ultimately hopeful graphic memoir recounts Kindras journey forward from those few minutes that changed everything. It wasnt easy. Every time Kindra took a step toward peace and wholeness, a new mass shooting devastated her again. Las Vegas. Parkland. She was hopeless at times, feeling as if no one was listening. Not even at the worldwide demonstration March for Our Lives. But finally, Kindra learned thatfor herthe path toward hope wound through art, helping others, and sharing her story

juvenile