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Book Review of Emergency Room

Emergency Room
Emergency Room
Author: Caroline B. Cooney
Genre: Children's Books
Book Type: School Library Binding


CITY HOSPITAL.
EMERGENCY ROOM.

6:00 P.M. Volunteers Diana and Seth arrive eager for
the chance to help save lives.But they are completely
unprepared for what lies ahead.

6:38 P.M. Eighteen-year-old Jersey is carried in with a
gunshot wound,an innocent victim caught in the middle
of a deadly drug battle.

6:55 P.M. Diana encounters a man who arrived gasping
for breath-and finds that her own life may be changed
forever.

7:16 P.M. Alec,only 17,is brought in,near death,after
hitting the pavement in a frightening motorcycle accident.

As the minutes rush past,Diana and Seth must struggle
to find their roles in a place unlike any they've ever
experienced,a dizzying world of excitement and horror,
hope and despair.