Emergency Room

First lines

The beautiful Gothic stone dormitories in which the college freshmen lived were surrounded by a very high but equally beautiful black iron fence.

About this book

College freshmen Seth and Diana volunteer in an emergency room to learn how to save lives — and along the way, they learn to live Seth volunteers at City Hospital to get first-hand experience with emergency medicine — and get comfortable with blood and trauma before attending medical school, so he'll have an edge over the competition. Diana volunteers in the inner-city ER to save the world, one patient at a time. If she gets to show up arrogant Seth too, so much the better. The one thing these two college freshmen share is a desire to be a part of the ER's action. Tonight, hour by hour and minute by minute, they will get their wish as they confront a student with a gunshot wound, the victim of a gruesome motorcycle accident, and a kidnapping gone horribly awry. Their adrenaline-fueled night will alter the course of Seth and Diana's lives — and the lives of everyone in the emergency room — forever.

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About the author

Caroline B. Cooney

10 May 1947

Caroline Bruce Cooney was born in Geneva, New York and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. She became interested in writing while still in grade school, and began publishing her stories when her children were young. She has published more than 75 suspense, mystery, and romance novels for teenagers. She currently resides in Fort Mill, South Carolina.