I flicked through this book earlier this year in a collection of classic YA. The book was by an American author (I think it was an with three names - I thought it was Norma Fox Mazer but I couldn't later find it in her bibliography). I think it was published between 1960s-1980s.The story was about some mystery that happened at the local high school. A group of 3 or 4 boys had been teasing/bullying a female classmate and finally did something that went too far. The book was about the repercussions of what they did - the girl trying to get justice, how uncomfortable it made the teachers, whether the boys would get any sort of punishment, the idea that she was overreacting, etc. I don't think readers ever get to find out exactly what happened.I think it was mostly told from the point of view of one of the boys who felt guilty about what they'd done.Does this sound familiar to anyone?
It starts as an ordinary school day. Just the same as any other. Until Valerie Michon gets up and leaves the auditorium. And three boys decide to follow her.She heads for the stairs and the boys run after her. They are fast, they are quiet. They don't talk about it. They just do it. It's a game. Fun. On the third floor they catch up with her.It happens fast, so fast. It's  It starts as an ordinary school day. Just the same as any other. Until Valerie Michon gets up and leaves the auditorium. And three boys decide to follow her.She heads for the stairs and the boys run after her. They are fast, they are quiet. They don't talk about it. They just do it. It's a game. Fun. On the third floor they catch up with her.It happens fast, so fast. It's like a dream. She yells, and twists and turns trying to get free, but they have her... ...more