About the book: 2020 / Stuffy assembly hall. Boring speech from the director. It's a typical start to the school year at Opportunity High School, Alabama, where rarely anything interesting happens. Until a gunshot rings out... Then another, and another. A guy with a gun who was desperate to be heard. Who laughed at him? Who betrayed? Who could have helped him, but didn’t? They are all here, in the locked assembly hall. Now their lives depend on the emotions of a broken teenager who has decided that he has nothing left to lose... An absolute bestseller in America. Winner of book awards. The Russian edition includes an afterword by psychologist Elena Kandybina, in which she talks about the causes of school shootings and gives advice on how to prevent this situation. Use the hashtag #54minutes to share your opinion about the book.