She wasnt there for him and she now is taking responsibility for what has happened. She is determined to figure out who hurt her former best friend and why. She has to interogate her brother, her old friends, and even some complete strangers to get to the bottom of the tragic inccedent. Shine is written by Lauren Myracle and published by Amulet Books. In the book Shine by Lauren Myracle, seventeen-year-old Patrick Truman was beaten by a bat, tied to a guardrail of a fuel dispenser and had a gasoline pump duct taped in his mouth. Patrick was beat with a baseball bat and had a gas nossle shoved down his throat, and is now up in the hospital in a coma. Cat feels she is to blame. Almost a week into the school year Cat is delivered some devistating news. Patrick is constantly picked on for being gay and Cat just stands by and watches. not at the girls.'" (31) When they return back to school for their junior year things are different. They no longer talk. 'Huh?' I was now confused by what he was trying to say. 'and like you said, you didnt even like looking.' 'Except i did,' Patrick mumbled. In the book Shine by Lauren Myracle sixteen year old Cat goes into her junior year alone., having recently lost what was her bestfriend Patrick. She has always thought about what it would be like to date Patrick, but never made the attempt because Patrick told her he is gay, "'Tommy brought the video and showed you, so if anyone was sinful it was him.' I said.
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