Favourite Passages: FATAL ERROR Book 2 BackTracker Series
I found
FATAL ERROR one of the most difficult books to write. Although targeted at teen
and ‘tween readers, it explores the complicated subject of justice.
An
adolescent’s brain is just beginning to comprehend the grey areas between right
and wrong and fair and unfair, concepts that set the foundation for a mature
sense of justice.
FATAL ERROR Book 2 in the BackTracker Series could well be a
teen’s first brush with a novel whose characters are neither pure evil nor
super heroes, a story which forces them to judge for themselves what is right
and wrong and decide where justice lies.
Keeping the
literacy skills of youngsters in mind while exploring these difficult concepts
challenged me. I’m proud, though, of how it turned out. Although written
deceptively simple, many passage contain layers of meaning, making FATAL ERROR
an interesting read for both youngsters and adults.
In this
scene from FATAL ERROR, young Katrina is perjuring herself on the witness stand
as she desperately tries to conceal her guilt…or is she?
Tears
smudged her vision. Her mouth trembled at the memory of poor Lukas and she
began to sob. Soon her cries were streaming through the microphone into the hush
of the courtroom. "Lukas didn't deserve that!”
She wept
for him, for her dad, for the girl she had once been—before The Traz had destroyed
her. It seemed like she sat there forever, weeping and trying to wipe clean the
stain of murder on her hands—in her soul.
"Are
you finished with the witness?" the judge asked.
Even the adults don’t always get it right in
FATAL ERROR. Here Sergeant Kindle and undercover officer, Shrug, debate guilt
and blame. Whose fault is it that Katrina was traumatized during her year with
The Traz biker gang? Although Shrug invited her to ride with him, Sergeant
Kindle was his superior officer in charge of the undercover operation...
"You
once asked if it was fair that I didn't tell you outright that I’d involved the
girl. It wasn't fair,” said Shrug.
"When
I asked you if it was fair, it's not like I already knew the answer," Sergeant
Kindle replied.
"You
know the answer now?"
"I
know your answer now. Not sure about mine."
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