Parkland Birth of a Movement

"In both Columbine and this up-to-the minute portrait of the Parkland tragedy, Cullen has produced masterpieces that are simultaneously heartbreaking and hopeful about a saner future." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Parkland is the first book about the shooting that's not marketed toward teens and young adults. It also may be the most optimistic of the bunch. . . . an inspiring read." - The Atlantic

"Parkland is one of the most uplifting books you will read all year. . . . [it] is a balm. . . . genius." - Washington Post

"If any nonfiction writer is equipped to tell this story, it's Dave Cullen." - Book Forum

"In the hands of a less-skilled writer, a project like Parkland might risk becoming the type of uplifting but empty text that typically arrives with aspirations of cashing in on a cultural moment. Instead, Cullen utilizes the moment to amplify the Parkland students' calls for actions while situating his views within a structure of quality reporting that emphasizes facts above emotions." - San Francisco Weekly

"Parkland is a moving petition to America that it not look away from the catastrophes at Columbine, Newtown, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, and, yes, Parkland. It succeeds as an in-depth report about the "generational campaign" in the aftermath of the Parkland tragedy, a bi-partisan movement advocating serious gun reform." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Parkland is an unexpectedly lively chronicle with a powerful message. - Newsday

"[Parkland is] written with the clarity and depth and time... that the students who died and the students who live deserve, and that the nation grappling with it all needs. I was moved and informed and, most of all, heartbroken by it - even though it's written with authentic hope." - Chicago Tribune

"[Parkland] provides nuanced, sensitive portraits of the Parkland kids who have become media stars. . . . These are extraordinary young people, and Cullen does them and us a great service by showing their ordinary lives." - San Francisco Chronicle

"Part character study, part media analysis, part political critique, Parkland ends up being many things. Thanks to Dave Cullen's gift for clear, involving storytelling, it ends up being, above all, a compelling "year-in-the-life" tale of a group of ordinary, yet also extraordinary, teens." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Parkland is exceptional. I really look forward to it being unleashed to the world, because the Parkland students really did something. They are a political force to be reckoned with in our country." - Elise Jordan, NBC political analyst

"Cullen brings his eloquence, expertise, combination of deep research and concision, and unbiased perspective to yet another mass school shooting, revealing its deepest layers and resonance. . . . [a] moving, defining, and important account of an essential and vital youth movement." - Booklist (starred review)

"[A] page-turner. . . . Both realistic and optimistic, this insightful and compassionate chronicle is a fitting testament to a new chapter in American responses to mass shootings." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)