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Easy Target by Tim Shoemaker

Easy Target

Tim Shoemaker

Focus on the Family · Paperback · March 9, 2021

A school project goes terribly wrong in this middle-grade thriller about ex-homeschooler and Christian teen Hudson Sutton and his experiences in his new school.

Bullying for TeensTeen SuicideChristian Social Issues YAchristian
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Who it’s for
A realistic middle-grade thriller explores how bullying and doing the right thing can get complicated.
Genres
Bullying for Teens, Teen Suicide, Christian Social Issues YA
Published
Focus on the Family, March 9, 2021

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About this book

A school project goes terribly wrong in this middle-grade thriller about ex-homeschooler and Christian teen Hudson Sutton and his experiences in his new school. When he makes two friends and attempts to take on an established hierarchy of bullying, he doesn’t realize he’s taking a risk he never expected—becoming a bully himself.

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From the same author who wrote the suspenseful fiction Code of Silence series, this is a realistic look at the extent and reality of bullying, especially through social media, with a Christian protagonist who learns that relationships, bullying, and doing the right thing are a bit more complicated than he realized. It also touches on the subject of suicide.

Hard Choices

A realistic middle-grade thriller explores how bullying and doing the right thing can get complicated.

Come here for

  • School tensions that turn a stand against bullying into a personal risk
  • Social media, friendship, and hard choices seen through a Christian teen’s experience

Expect

  • Suspense rooted in school relationships and bullying
  • A serious look at social media, with suicide also touched on

Where it sits

Bullying for Teens83%
Teen Suicide46%
Christian Social Issues YA32%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Christian Social Issues YA
  • Bullying for Teens
  • Teen Suicide
Authors
Tim Shoemaker
Publisher
Focus on the Family
Published
March 9, 2021
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Christian Social Issues YA