Nineteen minutes

"It's over," he said. But it wasn't; it was just beginning. After his unspeakable act of violence at Sterling High School, no one doubts the guilt of seventeen-year-old Peter Houghton. Yet, as the small town grapples with the aftermath of those nineteen minutes, the mystery surrounding the events of the tragedy grows ever larger. Jodi Picoult explores the depths of great guilt and the desperate search for justice.