This is not a drill

Title:

This is not a drill

Author:

Summary:

The first rule of lockdown: Find a safe place to hide. Ava is having a really bad day. Her parents are getting divorced. She just had a big argument with her two best friends. And she forgot to charge her phone… again. To top it all off, while she is hiding out in the bathroom over lunch, the alarm goes off for a lockdown drill. Ava knows the rules. She has to get herself into a classroom, turn the ringer off on her phone, lock the door, and cover the windows. But all of the rooms have already been locked from the inside and there is no one in the halls. Pretty soon she realizes there is an intruder in the building. This isn’t a drill. -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 9-12. Scholastic, Inc.

Grades 4-6. Scholastic, Inc.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

183 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Subject Term:

Text messages (Cell phone systems) -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Safety measures -- Juvenile fiction.

School shootings -- Juvenile fiction.

Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Fear -- Juvenile fiction.

Parents -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Scholastic Press,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9781338739589

9781338739626

9781338831962

Publication Information:

New York : Scholastic Press, [2022]

Call Number:

J HOLT

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003621888	Juvenile Fiction	HOLT	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

The first rule of lockdown: Find a safe place to hide.

Ava is having a really bad day. Her parents are getting divorced. She just had a big argument with her two best friends. And she forgot to charge her phone... again.

To top it all off, while she is hiding out in the bathroom over lunch, the alarm goes off for a lockdown drill. Ava knows the rules. She has to get herself into a classroom, turn the ringer off on her phone, lock the door, and cover the windows. But all of the rooms have already been locked from the inside and there is no one in the halls.

Pretty soon she realizes there is an intruder in the building. This isn't a drill.

From the author of From Me to You and House Arrest , comes this timely book that explores both the effect of school lockdown drills and the relatable struggles of modern middle grade friendship.

Author Notes

K. A. Holt is the author of several middle-grade novels in verse, including House Arrest , a Bank Street Best Book of the Year 2015, and Rhyme Schemer , an Amazon Best Book for Kids and Teens, and a Bank Street Best Book of the Year. She lives in Austin, Texas.