In the book Nineteen Minutes Alex one of the main characters is pregnant, and is having the baby by herself, with the help of her friend/midwife Lucy Houghton. Lucy is the mother of Peter, the same age as Josie, Alex's daughter. Josie and Peter are best friends, until second grade. They are still friends inside of school until almost seventh grade. Then Josie becomes friends with the "popular" group at school, and just leaves Peter to be on his own now during school. Then when they are in high school, at Sterling High in Sterling, New Hampshire, Peter does the unthinkable thing. He goes to the high school armed with four guns, and does a school shooting, killing ten, and wounding many others. He is caught before he can do much other damage. Josie and her boyfriend Matt are in the locker rooms when Peter comes into the gym, before Peter can kill Josie she passes out and hits her head on the bench in the locker room. When she wakes up she remembers nothing of what happened that day, and does not know that Matt was killed in the school shooting. Alex is the lead court judge, so therefore she will be the head judge of this trail. Alex is willing to try this case fairly and with the duty that she has to do as a judge. Her and Josie's bond has become much stronger within the last few days after the school shooting has happened. Josie has lost everything in her life really, she has lost her best friends, and Matt. Alex and Josie go to Matt's funeral, and it is a very emotional time for Josie. That is as far as I have gotten in the book Nineteen Minutes.
Questions:
1. Will Josie ever remember what happened that day?
2. Will Alex get to try the case as the judge or will she be thrown off of it?
3. What is Peter's sentence going to be?
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