Witness (novel)

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Witness
Author Karen Hesse
Cover artist Darren Hopes
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Historical
Publisher Scholastic
Publication date September 1, 2001
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 161 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-439-27199-1

Witness is a 2001 novel of historical fiction, written by Karen Hesse. It is in first-person narration, though with each new page, a different narrator is used. The books is split into five acts, each with the same setting.

[edit] Brief Plot Synopsis

Witness is unique in that it is written in the form of a series of monologues by different characters, differently affected by the same series of actions.