She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall

Written by Misty Bernall

A mother retraces her troubled daughter's turnaround before a deadly school shooting.

140 pages· 29,727 words· ~990L· AR 6.6 · 5 AR pts

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Cassie Bernall was seventeen when she was killed in the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School, and she was soon hailed as a martyr for her faith. Her mother, Misty Bernall, tells the less-known story of the years before: a rebellious, angry teenager who once plotted violence, and the family struggle and change of heart that followed. A memoir of grief, parenting and Christian faith written for adults.

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In a perverse celebration of Hitler’s birthday, two heavily armed students stormed through a Colorado school on April 20, 1999, killing as many people as they could. Confronting 17-year-old Cassie Bernall, they put a gun to her head and asked: Do you believe in God? She said Yes. The killer laughed and pulled the trigger. Around the world, people hailed Cassie as a modern martyr, but a far more remarkable story has been left untold. Three years earlier, Cassie herself planned to murder a teacher and threatened suicide. In She Said Yes, Cassie’s mother breaks her silence to recount the dramatic transformation that led up to her daughter’s final heroic stand.

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