Shock Point
By (Author) April Henry
Penguin Putnam Inc
Speak
2nd October 2008
United States
Young Adult
Fiction
FIC
Paperback
192
Width 139mm, Height 208mm, Spine 13mm
170g
Cassie discovers that her stepfather, Rick, a teen psychiatrist, has been illegally prescribing a new behavioral drug to his patientsand three teens have died. Before she can report him, Rick commits Cassie to Peaceful Cove, a boot camp for troubled teens in Mexico. Cassie knows she has to get out now, before more teens die. But no one has ever escaped from Peaceful Cove aliveand even if Cassie gets over the walls and survives the Mexican desert, will anyone believe her story
Henry packs her first YA novel with the quick action and suspense that will keep even reluctant readers turning the pages." School Library Journal
April Henry lives in Portland, Oregon.