For my independent novel I chose Ninteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult.  I picked it because it is a fiction book that in real life could happen and I love Jodi Picoult books, she is an amazing writer!  So far I have read to page eighty, and I love it.  I think it is cool that the narrator switches every couple pages.  It gives you a good idea of what it felt for all the main characters in the book.  It kind of gets confusing when each chapters jumps to different years.  In a way I like it though, because then it shows when Peter started to think violently and why he did what he did.  Picoult uses a lot of imagery to describe the characters jobs, cases,  highschool, how people view themselves, and how others view them.