Killing Britney - Softcover

Grade 10 Up -Winter in Madison, WI, can be chilling enough without a serial killer on the loose. Now the La Follette Rabid Raccoons have one more thing to turn their blood cold. Britney Johnson is the ugly duckling turned swan who has reinvented herself with dramatic results. She's slim, blonde, and beautiful and begins dating the captain of the school's ice hockey team. What's not to envy? But it looks like someone is taking envy to another level by killing off her friends and family. Olin has created an atmospheric, moody horror novel filled with vivid depictions of evisceration and gunshot wounds to the head. Readers are guided from scene to scene as though the events were unfolding across the movie screen. Gritty language and even grittier situations conjure up powerful images of death and sex. Teens will be left guessing until the very end as to who is behind the mayhem. This noirish tale is darker and starker in detail than many titles in the genre. Readers with a macabre sensibility will enjoy the ghastly descriptions and brooding atmosphere that the author sustains throughout.-Elaine Baran Black, Gwinnett County Public Library, Lawrenceville, GA
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