![]() Kellie was attacked as an attention-seeking liar before eventually moving to another town and creating a new identity. Kellie is the one who had a short verbal exchange with the shooter, while lying in a puddle of blood, not the churchgoing, pretty, popular girl. ![]() In fact, the necklace belonged to Kellie, the angry, anti-social emo nobody liked. The false narrative, that Sarah died “defending her faith” symbolized by the cross necklace she was wearing at the time she was shot, has grown into the inspirational legend of a young, beautiful, modern-day religious martyr. Leanne's survivor's guilt is exacerbated by additional guilt when she did not speak up to defend the accurate account of what took place in the bathroom given by another girl, Kellie. She lived while her best friend, Sarah, did not as they clutched each other, hiding in a bathroom stall. The story about the aftereffects of a high school mass shooting on its survivors is told in first-person narration by a very unlikable, irritating character, Leanne. ![]() Kody Keplinger's “That's Not What Happened” is an example of a young adult book that rises above a few problems in execution by being such a great idea in the first place. "That's Not What Happened" by Kody Keplinger (Scholastic Press, 336 pages, in stores) ![]()
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