Unlocked

About this book

Winner of the 2011 Florida Book Awards Gold Medal for Young Adult Literature. Winner of the 2012 Florida Publishers Association Gold Medal in Young Adult Literature.Andy is the janitors son an outcast a nobody. Then the rumor starts-that Blake has a gun in his locker. In a moment of misguided hopefulness Andy steals the keys from his dad and opens up Blakes locker hoping that finding the gun will change his own status. But the gun isnt there and Andy remains an outcast. When an unlikely friendship develops between the two loners Blake shares most of his secrets with Andy including the gun. But theres one secret that worries Andy more than anything-the date circled on Blakes calendar. Does Blake have something planned? Something that Andy can prevent? In a fascinating look at how teens deal with the now constant threat of school violence debut author Ryan G. Van Cleave provides a unique emotional perspective on how it feels to be the one who can prevent a tragedy.