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    The Interrogation of Gabriel James

    By Charlie Price

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    Winner of the Mystery Writers of America's 2011 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Fiction



    American Library Association Quick Picks for Young Adults



    Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List

    Eyewitness to two killings, fourteen-year-old Gabriel James relates the shocking story behind the murders in a police interrogation interspersed with flashbacks. Step by step, this Montana teenager traces his discovery of a link between a troubled classmate's disturbing home life and an outbreak of local crime. In the process, however, Gabriel becomes increasingly confused about his own culpability for the explosive events that have unfolded.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateAug 17, 2010
    ISBN9781429969918
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    The Interrogation of Gabriel James
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    Charlie Price

    Charlie Price lives in northern California. He is an executive coach for business leaders and has also worked with at-risk teens in schools, hospitals, and communities. He is the author of several novels, including Desert Angel and The Interrogation of Gabriel James, winner of the Edgar Award.

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    • 2/5
      Trying to hard to deal with too many issues, this 2011 Edgar Award winner centers on high schooler Gabriel who is interrogated at his hometown Montana police station. As a witness to a double murder that is revealed only at the end, Gabriel relates the events that led up to the event. Family secrets, a long ago cult, hate crimes against the Native American star runner, drug dealing and the sudden erratic behavior of the homeless men who hang around the center where his mom works as a social worker are mashed in with Gabriel's own issues of his father's abandonment and then death, plus Gabriel's pseudo-stalking of a potential girlfriend. Disjointed dialogue doesn't really wrap everything up at the end, instead blaming a side character (the girlfriend's brother) who never has an engaging role in the plot. Disappointing.
    • 4/5
      The story is told in the formate of a police interrogation of Gabriel James. It keeps you wondering until the end about who was killed so it is there is full of suspense.
    • 3/5
      Gabriel James is attending his second funeral within a week. The deceased’s father, Sun Ray, is there, hands cuffed in front of him, Deputy Sheriff Childress beside him. The deceased’s sister, Raelene, stands further back with Gabe’s mother. The next day takes Gabe to the County Annex to answer questions from Childress and Billings, Montana Police Officer Kosich about the harassment of American Indian Danny Two Bull, a talented track team member, new to the high school. Gabe answers questions about the attempted suicide of a homeless man, Durmie, and drugs being dealt outside the Community Center Durmie frequents. He answers questions about the abduction of neighborhood dogs and about his stalking of Raelene. During the interrogation he also learns that twenty years ago his parents and Kosich were members of a commune run by Sun Ray which espoused free love and drugs. Gabe himself wonders how his actions might have led to or prevented these events. The Interrogation of Gabriel James primarily takes place in the County Annex questioning room as Gabe answers questions posed to him. Price uses flashbacks to pry out the story. It is ineffective as the transitions to and from the flashbacks are confusing. Gabe’s actions seem unusual for a high schooler, although his confusion regarding who to confide in is realistic. The characters are not endearing. The story is muddled and some of the plotlines seem implausible. The combination of the various story threads into a unified ending is not satisfying. Described as a mystery, this book is not suspenseful.