![]() ![]() She remembers Betty Sue McCormick, a girl they went to high school with, who recently committed suicide. ![]() They head out of town to an abortion clinic and Roxanne ends up on the table alone, while Pepper waits outside. Way to make a strong female protagonist Pike. ![]() Pepper disagrees and she decides to have an abortion because that’s what he wants. Roxanne discovers that she’s pregnant, but wants to keep the baby, which she thinks is a girl. Oh yeah, and he almost lands on the pitchfork, yikes. This leads to a great line about how she “got a thorough examination from Dr. She meets Pepper, they go on one date and she ends up sleeping with him in his aunt and uncle’s barn loft. We know this because Pike tells us every few pages. It’s kind of sad when you think about it…Īnyway, Roxanne is your typical high school student: she doesn’t give a damn about anything, but she does have red hair and “great legs”. The teacher took one look at the book and banned all Christopher Pike books from our classroom for the rest of the year. A classmate (damn you Luke!) ran and told our teacher that we were reading a book about abortion, cussing and sex. ![]() My little group of sixth grade friends and I chose the book for our reading group and made the mistake of discussing it in the classroom. Whisper of Death holds a fairly special place in my heart because it once got me in trouble. ![]()
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