I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

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Jasper Dent (Jazz) is constantly afraid he will turn out like his father....the most famous US killer in history, and in jail for numerous life sentences. When bodies start piling up in Jazz's small town, Jazz sets out to uncover who the killer is along with his best friend Howie and his girlfriend Connie. Jazz suspects the killer is copying his father's crimes and he feels it is up to him to stop the killer. Jazz was trained to be a serial killer by his father, and struggles throughout the book with his fear that he is turning into his father. In the end, the killer goes after Jazz's senile grandmother, and is eventually captured by the police who inform Jazz that his father has just broken out of prison and is killing again. I Hunt Killers is a dark, modern, realistic fiction thriller best for grades 9 and up.


Lyga, B. (2012). I hunt killers. New York, NY: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.  

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