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A Black student takes young Ophelia Jones hostage and is killed by a Black cop, but the girl dies of asphyxiation, igniting the fury of the city and setting a corrupt political machine in motion
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Rosenberg's ( Badge of Assassin ) latest novel may evoke comparisons to the '50s bestseller Blackboard Jungle , although the writing here is denser and the canvas larger. Timothy Warren, a gifted but disturbed Bronx junior high student, holds hostage birdlike 13-year-old Ophelia James, as Steven Hillyer, a caring but fearful teacher in a school system where drugs, violence and sex are rampant, tries to convince him to free her. The police arrive; Ophelia dies by asphyxiation, Timothy from a cop's bullet. The explosive impact of the cruel, senseless deaths reaches to the Board of Education, spills over onto the police department with its policy of protecting its own, scalds the mayor and inflames a black leader, who uses the incident to his own advantage. Without being pedantic, Rosenberg has written a strong, gritty thriller that dramatizes the many undersides of the inner city. Movie rights to Jaffe/Lansing/Paramount; Literary Guild selection.
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Sure to be compared to Evan Hunter's novel The Blackboard Jungle ( LJ 9/1/54), this look at contemporary America rings true. The death of two students in a junior high school--Ophelia by asphyxiation, Timothy by a bullet from a cop's gun--sets off waves of corruption throughout the school system, the police department, and city hall. Can dedicated teacher Steven Hillyer ferret out the truth behind this incident that snuffed the life of one of his most promising, if disturbed, students? Using some of Timothy's poetry and letters written to Ophelia, Steven fights for his life and the truth. Rosenberg has three books that were made into films, including Contract on Cherry Street ( LJ 5/1/75). The rights for this novel have been sold to Paramount, but don't wait for the film. For all popular fiction collections. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 10/15/90.
- Sue Mevis, Ludlow Memorial Lib., Monroe, Wis.
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- Sue Mevis, Ludlow Memorial Lib., Monroe, Wis.
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