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| Rachel's Tears: The Spiritual Journey of Columbine Martyr Rachel Scott | 
| Authors: Beth Nimmo, Darrell Scott, Steve Rabey, Darrell Scott With Scott Rabey
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  112 reviews
Sales Rank: 5296
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0785268480
Dewey Decimal Number: 373.1782092
UPC: 020049068489
EAN: 9780785268482
ASIN: 0785268480
Publication Date: April 20, 2000
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 My tears drenched the pages of this book. November 3, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I read this about a month ago when my friend let me borrow it. We were doing a youth drama to a song about cassie and rachel. so i decided to read it. Little did i know that this book would seriously change my life! This girl was amazing. i wish so bad i knew a friend like her. Her journals really illustrate what an awesome relationship with God is like. Since i read this book ive been keeping a journal and seriously i dont think ive ever been the same. I feel so close to God. I really think that every person who is serious about God should read this. I couldnt put this book down and i cried so hard in some parts. It was chilling to read her journals because everything she wrote is exactly how i feel, and i often feel the same way she did. She is real inspiration and her life and death has changed so many lives, just like she wanted. She wasnt afraid to give her life all out to God and he used her. She is a true hero. I thank God for her. I think this book actually helped turn my life around.
Truly inspiring October 3, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Rachel's Tears is a must read for the youth of this world. It is the tragic story of one of the students killed at Columbine, and her unwaivering faith in God. Wonderful book and well written.
 Read between the lines September 7, 2005
7 out of 19 found this review helpful
Is this who Rachel truly was, or who her parents want to remember her as?
Rachel is made to seem a perfect Christian girl who loved others, had a perfect relationship with God and wanted to do good in the world.
No doubt she was a lovely girl who was well-liked by people, but she wasn't perfect. Many seem to forget the instance which is revealed in the book when she didn't give food to a homeless woman who came to the subway she worked. Rachel was an average teenage girl and nothing more. There is no need for anyone to put her on a pedestal and look up to her upon false pretences. There is absolutely no need for all the books on her hailing her a modern day 'martyr' based simply on her parents distortions of her.
I'm not atheist, in fact I'm Christian, and Rachel did have a very deep sense of faith in God, especially for her age. But she wasn't a martyr by any means. She was with one person when she died -- Richard Castaldo, and he never said that this is what he heard. In fact, he can't remember anything as he was seriously injured. Even if Rachel was asked if the question and she did - as believed by oh-so-many, said yes, what does this really mean when we look into the minds of Eric and Dylan? They had one objective that day and that was to kill anyone at that school. If she had answered no she would've been shot anyway, just because she attended the school and was in their way. She wasn't targetted for any reason except she was a Columbine student.
I read this book hoping to learn more about Rachel, who she was, what she liked, what she did, etc. All I got was part Christian right-wing propaganda part feel-good encouraging evangelism.
I find it sad how Rachel gets all the attention and the other victims get none just because they weren't asked whether they believed in God. Is the value of a life based on whether someone says "yes" to whether they believe in God?
Sad indeed.
 Relatively Interesting June 14, 2004
6 out of 28 found this review helpful
This is a relatively interesting book, but I don't believe that Rachel was asked that. That doesn't make her death any less tragic or make her any less of a person, but Rachel (along with Danny R.) was killed outside; part of a random shooting. The two other people sitting with her I believe were also shot. They weren't asked about their faith and I don't believe Rachel was either. I think the only one asked and shot was Valeen S. I think her name was. If she had been asked, and Rachel said no, they would have shot her anyway. They asked two other kids if they believed in God (Dylan did), and when someone answered yes, Dylan just walked away.Anyway, this is an interesting read, but I did find it hard to get past all the preaching. Maybe that's because I'm not to religious, but Christians who believe that Rachel was asked will probably divulge the book. It's written well, and interesting, what's not to like if you don't mind preaching? Just remember that Rachel and Cassie aren't the only victims here. Their death is no more important than Danny R., Daniel M., Kyle, Kelly, John, Isaiah, Corey, Steven, Lauren, Matt and Mr. Sanders. ALL of these people's deaths are important, but because it's speculated that they were asked a question doesn't make Rachel and Cassie above the others. RIP all of them!
Rachel's Tears November 4, 2003
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
Rachel's TearsRachel's Tears, is a sad story that her parents wrote. It is a breathtaking and overwhelming story. There is Rachel, a joyful teen, that believes in God. Craig, is her brother that lays between his friends under a table in the library. Dylan and Eric are the shooters that kill themselves. Beth and Darrel are Rachel's loving parents. This non fiction story is a christian book.
Rachel's Tears takes place in Coumbine High School with about 1900 students in it. Columbine High School is near Denver, Colorado. The story has lots of passages from Rachel's journals in it. This book would be a great book for 8th grade and up to parents. A lot of people that know her wrote little things about her. Most of the stuff from Rachel's journals are letters or written poems.
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