You Have the Right to Remain Violent

From the Back Cover:
“Readers will find this book difficult to put down as the tale deftly unfolds and the mystery deepens. Greenberg has plotted his novel very carefully and it shows: his page-turning events fit the tradition of the best mysteries and thrillers. He creates for the readers an emotional investment in the characters; the further we get into the novel, the more we genuinely care about their fate.”
- Ellen Tanner Marsh, New York Times Best Selling Author

Children are caught up in a secret world of youth organized fighting, blaming all their injuries on the new town skate park. Friends turn on one another, as parents, teachers, and town officials strangely ignore it all. When one teacher demands to find the truth as to why so many students have black eyes, she is mysteriously killed. What can explain all the sinister events going on in the small town of Danville?

“Greenberg intends for Danville to be an archetype for any town, including yours and mine, to teach an old lesson that needs to be continually taught: how corruption and dystopia inevitably result when too much power is invested in the hands of too few people with too few checks. ‘You Have The Right To Remain Violent’ falls into the tradition of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” and George Orwell’s “1984,” but in Greenberg’s world, violence and corruption can be redeemed. ”
- Ellen Tanner Marsh, New York Times Best Selling Author

“You Have The Right To Remain Violent” puts friend against friend, as the kids participate in a horrifying game of society gone sour.

“After reading Joel Greenberg’s “You Have the Right To Remain Violent” I feel it would lend itself well to the big screen.”
- Rex Trailer - Actor, Director, Producer

How far would you go if you had the right to remain violent? Would you fight your friends? Would you kill? Would you survive?

Written as if spoken from the mouths of today’s youth, the book’s sometimes harsh language is unfortunately accurate, as the author spent months listening to middle school students speak prior to creating this work.

“You Have The Right To Remain Violent” is packed with dramatic, descriptive scenes, making it a classic work of action-packed mystery fiction for years to come.