![]() ![]() The Lucky Ones will help students think about and process this issue that is such a concern for America’s schools. They arrive on campus each day with the grim awareness that tragedy can unfold anywhere on any day, and no one seems to have functional ideas or the political will to stem this societal problem. ![]() Those of us who work with students know that school shootings are on the minds of today’s young people. Although they would seem unlikely to find common ground, May and Zach eventually realize that they are also victims and hardly “the lucky ones,” as the survivors are sometimes called. May’s twin brother was one of the victims, and Zach’s mother is the killer’s defense attorney. May and Zach are alternating narrators with different connections to the shooting. The Lucky Ones focuses on the aftereffects of a school shooting. ![]() Now, Nerdy Book Club is honored that Liz Lawson agreed to answer some of our questions about her work. On a more positive note, those who read The Lucky Ones continue to rave about it online. Unfortunately, as the Appublication date neared, the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, causing all of Lawson’s in-person publicity events to be cancelled. Throughout the winter, non-stop praise flowed from a starred Kirkus review, positive notices from School Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly, and glowing individual responses from readers with advance copies. The pre-publication buzz for Liz Lawson’s debut young adult novel The Lucky Ones (Delacorte Press) was hard to miss. ![]()
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