Everyone Was Falling

On the weekend of July Fourth, shots are fired at a twentieth high school reunion in a small US town, killing fifty-six. Three survive. So begins Everyone Was Falling, an empowering novel of friendship and violence on the verge of Trump's election.

Lucy-a queer, Asian adoptee whose past trauma hypervigilance leads them to safety-is dubbed the hero. White, blond town treasure, Christy, is the star-using YouTube to garner fame. Donna-the only former Black student of Bixby-becomes the suspect,...