Jacket Copy From Shattering Glass

Simon Glass was easy to hate. I never knew exactly why, there was too much to pick from. I guess, really, we each hated him for a different reason, but we didn’t realize it until the day we killed him.
From its powerful opening to it tension-filled ending, this compelling novel will pull you in and keep you turning pages. When Rob, the charismatic leader of the senior class, decides to turn the sniveling class nerd in Prince Charming, his cruel challenge leads to violence and death. Is our narrator, Rob’s friend, culpable? Quotes from teachers, parents, kids, and cops give different,sometimes conflicting of view about the dramatic and suspenseful events.

Advance Praise For Shattering Glass

"Shattering Glass is a dark, finely crafted, on-the-money coming of age suspense story. From page one, I felt myself being pulled to its grim conclusion by a very fine storyteller. This novel will be around for a while.”
- Chris Crutcher
author of Staying for Sarah Byrnes and Whale Talk

“An auspicious debut. Believable characters, solid writing, and intrigue to burn. Anyone who sits down with this book shouldn’t plan on getting up any time soon.”
- Ron Koertge
author of The Brimstone Journals and Stoner and Spaz

“Pulls readers in with an ironic, breezy portrait of sinister high school competitveness. Deft and extraordinarily accomplished.”
- Michael Cadnum
National Book Award finalist for The Book of the Lion

“An irresistible story. Gail Giles’s high school characters play at Pygmalion, but they must answer to Frankenstein.”
- Edward Bloor
author of Tangerine and Crusader