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After the First Death

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Who will be the next to die?

They've taken the children. And the son of a general. But that isn't enough.

More horrors must come...

Paperback, 240 pages

Published February 1st 1991 by Laurel Leaf (first published 1979)

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Apr 30, 2008 Carrie-anne rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: eighth graders

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Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, said in an interview with Horn Book Magazine, “Most teenage fiction has an invisible ring of safety built into it. However sticky situations get, however dark the material, little signals here and there give off the message that this is ‘only’ a kids’ book. Don’t worry. Nothing too bad will happen. Things will come right in the end” (Wynne-Jones, 2004, p. 265). Indeed, Curious Incident, though about a teenage protagonist,...more

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Jul 30, 2007 Trevor rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Readers who like to be kept guessing

Published first in 1979 (one of my prized books is a signed first HC edition), it reads as if it were a hostage crisis unfolding right before us. A school bus full of kids is taken hostage by young men fighting for their country and religion. There's some major Stockholm syndrome, and some very unsettling plot twists revealed as the book progresses. There's a general in charge of anti terrorist activities, who ends up putting his own son in the hostage takers' paths. All the decisions made by th...more

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Mar 09, 2013 Tristram rated it 4 of 5 stars

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An Unpleasant Book – Which is Definitely Worth Reading

It is hard to believe that Robert Cormier wrote “After the First Death” as early as 1979, as you would think the plot was inspired by some of the gruesome events of the last few years, but Cormier’s pessimism was apparently well ahead of its time – if pessimism can ever be that.

Cormier’s fable is terse and yet complex, as it offers us a variety of different perspectives, often changing ones within one paragraph, which makes the novel quite a...more An Unpleasant Book – Which is Definitely Worth Reading

It is hard to believe that Robert Cormier wrote “After the First Death” as early as 1979, as you would think the plot was inspired by some of the gruesome events of the last few years, but Cormier’s pessimism was apparently well ahead of its time – if pessimism can ever be that.

Cormier’s fable is terse and yet complex, as it offers us a variety of different perspectives, often changing ones within one paragraph, which makes the novel quite a demanding treat. The story is about the hijacking of a bus of pre-school children on their way to summer camp by a group of four terrorists from an unspecified country somewhere to the south. Miro, the youngest terrorist, is about to pass his initiation by killing the bus driver the moment the bus is parked on an old railway bridge. The original driver, however, has been stood in for by his teenage niece Kate Forrester, and Artkin, the terrorists’ ringleader, decides to spare her for a while in order to have somebody to calm down the children, who are also being drugged by the hijackers, which causes the death of one little boy. The terrorists demand the release of some of their accomplices, a large amount of money for the continuance of their cause and the disbandment of a secret government organization to do with countering terrorist attacks. The government, of course, is unwilling to concede, especially in this latter point, so that the military decides to take the bus by force.

Cormier’s novel is more than just a book about the roots and motives of terrorism, although the figure of Miro can teach us something about how young people are recruited for terror organizations in poorer countries. It is, as far as I see it, basically a book about how adolescents are influenced by their parents. Kate, the bus driver, seems to be an insipid American teenage girl at first sight, but in the face of danger she discovers a potential for bravery and determination inside herself and yet all the time stands in need of somebody, preferably her parents, acknowledging this new quality. Ben Marchand, a general’s son, is also willing to please his father – and his country – and therefore accepts his father’s suggestion to go and negotiate with the terrorists. The most unsettling thing about the general is that he knows his son will be subjected to torture – the general actually preferring more clinical terms like “intensive interrogation” or “methodological intervention” – and that he therefore makes his son pick up false information, which he will deliver during “intensive interrogation”. There is still another father-son relationship, namely that between Miro and Artkin, who at least is some kind of surrogate father to Miro. Equally eager to please his father figure as Ben is, Miro is yearning to earn his full acceptance into the circle of terrorists by killing Kate, although he also feels fascinated by her.

Both the general and his terrorist adversary, Cormier seems to say, manipulate the younger generation for their own aims, deftly using emotional bribery to achieve this aim, and justifying their cause by tagging the label of patriotism to their actions. “Either you are a great patriot or a great fool”, Artkin says to the general when Marchand sends off his own son as a bo-between, and we might ask ourselves where the difference between these two possibilities lies. Reading this book made it clear to me that I doubtless have many character faults, but that, luckily, I am completely innocent of patriotism.

Cormier’s book is extremely well-written – with a disturbing use of metaphors bordering on the insane* – and it provides ample food for thought. However, it is full of sordid realities and does not have a happy ending, which makes it quite unpleasant to read. But then eating your greens is not always pleasant, either, but good for you!

* To give you one example: “The lantern fell from his hand but continued to shine on him where it fell. Blood gushed from the faucet that had been his mouth a moment before. The blood spilled across his chest like scarlet vomit. “
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Jan 06, 2013 Lynn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: a-classic, adventure-books, books-for-work, current-events, education, literary-fiction, kid-s-books, suspense

This is an amazing book. It's surprising it is a YA book because it doesn't dumb down it's writing or soften its story. The story is about the hijacking or what we would call in 2012, a terrorist attack. People die and people are terrorized in a way that isn't babied down. Two men, Artkin and the younger Miro, along with a partner team up to kidnap 16 preschool children on a school bus with its driver. A young woman is the bus driver that day and is forced to drive the school bus into an out of...more

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Jul 18, 2012 Julie rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jun 14, 2012 Chrissie rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I thought this book was magnificent. It has a twist at the end that will make you want to turn around and read it again, and when you do you will be mystified by the brilliance of Robert Cormier. I was, at least. As I was reading it, I found the narrative of the general's son to be the most interesting. The story of the high jacked bus with the children was, of course, incredibly suspenseful and unpredictable, and I felt that was well done. The character development was very interesting, especia...more

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Jun 06, 2012 Amanda Peterson rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This book was dark and very deep-I would not suggest reading this at night, for fear of you being a pawn in some government scheme, and there might be a possibility of you being high-jacked. Over-all it was a pretty good. I normally do not "dig" this sort of book, I much prefer lighthearted books. This book will keep you on the edge of your seats. It got a tad confusing to me at times which character was saying what, and I disliked how it kept changing the perspective from one character to the n...more

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Jun 05, 2012 Drew Nevitt rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Simpletons.

Shelves: young-adult-lit

I was really expecting more out of this book. From what I'd heard about the author, I expected something that would challenge me philosophically or socially - at least expand my mind. I didn't expect a low level Tom Clancy book. For being an author who's other book "The Chocolate War" is frequently on banned book lists - alright enough about that. The terror plot was something I didn't expect. The teaser description on the back is no more than four lines long, so I couldn't really expect much. T...more

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Mirna B Okay. I'm going to be frank.

I don't think you understand the book well. Not at all. This book did challenge me and call me naive because I'm 16 years...more Okay. I'm going to be frank.

I don't think you understand the book well. Not at all. This book did challenge me and call me naive because I'm 16 years young, but if you read thoroughly you'd see that Mark, the father, is the narrator throughout the odd chapters of the novel - save for the scenes when (spoiler) Ben talks about Nettie and interferes the hijacking as pawn.

Allow me to explain, please, the characters of this book. You seem to be confused. It is Mark narrating the odd chapters. That's because Mark is so emotionally distraught, mentally unstable even, that he has two conflicting personalities as a result of a serious case of guilt and denial. Mark sent his son into a hijacking - fully aware that Ben is a coward and that he'd reveal Inner Delta plans, and as a result of his son committing suicide (theres been debate on whether or not it was Mark who jumped off the bridge or Ben) because, lets face it, how can a father do that to your own flesh and blood? Are you really a patriotist? Could you not be classified as a terrorist then? To shift the human value paradigm to such an extent to your country? And so, that's another of the valid points made by the author - there's a fine line between patriotism and terrorism.

Consequently Mark has an "alter ego". Within Mark lives Ben, and Mark is mentally sick after realising that Ben is betrayed by his fathers actions. You can see this in part seven, and the alter egos, in part eleven. I don't know if you picked this up but Mark is actually in a mental asylum. It says so in part eleven, where Ben comments on how the Dean is so much like the Doctor. The biggest clue to these mental case is in part one itself - "there's a tunnel in my chest" here, the Ben within takes over Mark and lives as Ben. The mother also addresses the protagonist as Mark, and I quote, "my mother is too uncomplicated for that kind of thing" when considering it being a slip. But the mother can SEE who she's talking to. She KNOWS it's Mark in front of her. But she gets fed up - "you know your father doesn't like to be called a general" - and so snaps at him, calling him BEN, knowing that she would get to him that way.

I recommend you re-read the book. There's a lot of dichotomy in there. Plus, at the end, where Miro decides to use his hands to kill? It's a rites of passage. It symbolises how literally and metaphorically personal it will be for Miro to kill. He chooses the dark side, though. Imagine an assassin. They use guns to physically and metaphorically put that distance between them and the victim but Miro chooses not to. Additionally, this all happens in part twelve. The number twelve symbolises "two left after ten have died" and you can take this quite literally - the first drugged kid, Raymond, antibbe, stroll, the other hijacking terrorist whose name I forgot, artkin, Kate, miros brother and miros parents. That's ten. And which two are left? Miro and Mark/Ben.

As much as you don't like the plot, you have to admire the intelligence of the author. He's so clever to put this together the way he did. There is no "he just wanted effing blue curtains" in this novel. Every minute detail has a purpose.(less)
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May 04, 2012 Cory Hernandez rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-lit-eng-356

Holy cow! This book blew my mind! Now I know why Robert Cormier is cherished in the eyes of Young Adult Literature. The book is one that will really make the reader think, which is why I primarily loved the book; it really made me think. The book tells the incredible story of terrorists hijacking a bus of five and six year old children, as well as a young woman who is the bus's driver. The book is told through the eyes of Miro, one of the hijackers, Kate, the bus driver, and Ben, the son of a g...more

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Apr 19, 2012 Jana Merrill rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Wow! This book was amazing. It kept me on the edge of my seat the entire book. I felt like Robert Cormier wrote the book brilliantly. He kept the mystery of what the happened on the situation on the bridge through the entire book, and he did so in such a way that it kept my interest. The characters were so deep that sometimes I was not sure which side a character was on, or if they were going to switch sides and do something crazy. This was an amazing book and it is a perfect book for my taste....more

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Mar 26, 2012 Shelisa rated it 3 of 5 stars

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This book is written from the point of view of three different characters: Miro, a hijacker; Kate, a teenage substitute bus driver; and Ben, the son of a general. Miro and his accomplices have hijacked the bus Kate is driving, which is full of children. They want money, the release of some prisoners, and the end of Inner Delta. Inner Delta is a project Ben's father is working on. Miro is supposed to kill his first person during this hijack-the bus driver. Though Kate tries to escape, she...more

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Mar 26, 2012 Briana added it

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After the First Death is a interesting read that leads you through a bus highjacking by two terrorists and shows the effect that the hijacking has left on one man and his son. Miro was born into terrorism and trained to kill. He follows his orders no matter how drastic they are. Miro and Artikan take over a bus and stop it on a bridge. The bus is filled with children and a young woman named Kate. Kate is a very nervous person that puts her nerves and fears aside to care for the children....more

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Feb 02, 2012 Bobbie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: eng-356-to-be-graded

The truth is, I'm not sure how I feel about this book. As I was reading it, I turned page after page - drowning in the words and the action. I felt like I was there. My blood pressure skyrocketed; I felt like I was in one of my all-too-vivid nightmares - and yet, I kept reading. At least I didn't pee my pants...

But then it ended. The ending left me reeling, caught in that no-man's-land between hating and loving, unsure how to feel or what to make of the book. Who was the biggest victim? Who was...more

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Sep 28, 2011 Tayler Christiansen rated it 1 of 5 stars

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So, when I heard the different titles of Robert Cormier, and hearing that he wrote bleak books, I was excited to read one of his novels for my YA literature class. Boy was I wrong in my anticipation!

A bus of preschool students has been hijacked and held for ransom. Miro is new at the job and wants to do Artkin proud, but has to deal with Kate, the substitute bus driver. While on the other hand, Ben is pulled into his father's dangerous duty as part of the Inner Delta to try and stop this hijacki...more

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Jan 10, 2011 John rated it 4 of 5 stars

Robert Cormier is my favorite author.

Miro Shantas is one of four masked men that takes a bus full of children hostage atop a bridge. Their demands: the release of several political prisoners and the dismantling of a secret intelligence organization called Inner Delta. If the demands are not met, the children will be killed. But after one child dies by accident, it starts to look like he may have been the lucky one...out of them all.

This is the most recent Cormier book I've read, and I really enj...more

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Dec 02, 2010 Krista rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: eng-420

The story of terrorists hijacking a school bus of children, and using them to negotiate their demands, written long before the idea of 'terrorism' was commonplace. Three main teen characters include Miro, the terrorist recruit; Kate, the substitute bus driver; and Ben, the U.S. general's son who is roped into being a negotiator.

Though much of the story--especially the character development of Milo and Kate--was interesting, overall, I wasn't a big fan. Cormier didn't seem to have much to say he...more

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Jan 14, 2010 Ash... =] Barrera =D rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Miro is sixteen, and it's time for him to prove his manhood by killing for his cause. Miro has been raised and trained as a terrorist, knowing only his older brother and Artkin, his leader, as family. As part of a gang of terrorists, Miro helps captu ...
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Miro is sixteen, and it's time for him to prove his manhood by killing for his cause. Miro has been raised and trained as a terrorist, knowing only his older brother and Artkin, his leader, as family. As part of a gang of terrori...more

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Jun 11, 2012 Rachel rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult-lit

This book was absolutely amazing! The plot line was quite unnerving (but what terrorist story isn't?), but the psychological aspect of the novel was brilliant! Of course, I don't want to give it away, because that would ruin the book, but the complexity of the ending is so simple if you look back at the beginning.
This is just one of those books that you love and hate . . . all at the same time! I thought Kate's bladder problem was hilarious, and I loved the psychological twist it had (which led...more

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Apr 10, 2012 Danielle Spencer rated it 5 of 5 stars

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This is dark novel (which is an understatement). Two terrorists, one a teenager named Miro hijack a bus full of kindergarteners. The teenaged girl, Kate, driving the bus is thrust into the horrible situation and must use all her courage to try to save the children. Lastly, Ben, the son of a general involved loses all confidence in himself and is driven to suicide because of his involvement with the hijacking. It's hard for me to judge whether or not I liked the novel, because it certainly...more

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Mar 23, 2012 Ryne rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: engl-420

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After the First Death is certainly a grim read, and I'm not sure why that suprised me. I don't know WHY I assumed that a book about terrorists and hostage situations would be happier. It was a powerful read, but it was ultimately too disturbing for me to finish.

In the novel, terrorists from an unnamed country hijack a school bus in order to further the liberation of their homeland. Things get complicated when the bus driver (who was supposed to be killed within minutes of...more [Note: Spoilers ahead!]

After the First Death is certainly a grim read, and I'm not sure why that suprised me. I don't know WHY I assumed that a book about terrorists and hostage situations would be happier. It was a powerful read, but it was ultimately too disturbing for me to finish.

In the novel, terrorists from an unnamed country hijack a school bus in order to further the liberation of their homeland. Things get complicated when the bus driver (who was supposed to be killed within minutes of the hijacking) is an 18-year-old girl. And when the military intervenes, things get scarier yet. The novel's story is mainly told from the viewpoints of three teenagers involved in this terrifying situation: Miro, one of the terrorists; Katie, the bus driver; and Ben, the son of a military general who is chosen to act as a liaison in the negotiations between the government and the terrorists. The novel is grim and graphic and sometimes gut-wrenching: much of the action takes place on the school bus, which becomes hot and smelly and eerie, filled with moaning drugged children and the terrified Katie.

After getting 3/4 of the way through the novel, I decided that I couldn't handle it anymore (or that even if I could handle it, I still shouldn't keep reading it). So I stopped. Truth be told, Robert Cormier is actually a really skilled writer. He describes characters very realistically, making me care about them (especially the little children and the 18-year-old, Katie, who are taken hostage by terrorists in the novel). The book was actually very gripping and character-driven: there is relatively little action in the novel, in fact, but you're kept moving along by its excellent writing. But while I know that the overall premise of the novel is a "good" point (i.e. "terrorism = EVIL, and also sometimes the 'good guys' who are supposed to protect us can do pretty bad things too"), I'd argue that Cormier is not using his powers in a good way. The reason the novel disturbed me so profoundly was in fact because it was so well-written. It might seem pretty silly for me to have stopped the book with only 59 pages left, but I don't need to see any more. The book has done its work for me; I've seen enough.

I understand that not everyone will have the same reaction I did to After the First Death. I have noted some of the good in the novel, and the most impressive thing for me was the heroism of Katie--she is a realistic and frightened young woman who does the best she can and is a true and brave hero. But for me, personally, having read as much of the book as I did, I feel a little bit like Marlow at the end of Heart of Darkness: this book was just "too dark [for me] — too dark altogether." I don't really feel that this is a work meant for young adults, though it's often classified as YA fiction; I would only recommend it to adults, and perhaps to high-school-age teens. If there were separate ratings for "how much I liked a book" and for "quality of writing in the book," I would give the book a low "like" factor (as I have here), but a high "writing quality" factor.(less)

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Jan 25, 2012 Kyle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult-lit

SO MESSED UP! But oh so sweet. This is definitely on the psychological side of awesome in Robert Cormier's works. Miro, a new terrorist..hijacker..what have you, is trying to do his job. Kate the driver of the bus hijacked is trying to hold her bladder. Artkin wants to open up Inner Delta and expose it (a supposedly closed government agency). Ben and his father struggle with a relationship and over Inner Delta they only further separate themselves. HOLY CHAOS! But the entire story is all around...more

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Dec 06, 2010 Raylee Gifford rated it 3 of 5 stars

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This novel in typical Cormier fashion is bleak and on the border of grotesque. The novel is told from 4 perspectives. The first perspective is that of Miro a 16-year-old terrorist who participates in a plot to highjack bus full of young children in order to expose a secret government agency. Miro is supposed to kill the busdriver, an honor as it will be his first murder, but is thrown off when the bus driver is an eightteen-year-old girl instead of the old man that he was expecting. The story is...more

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Dec 06, 2009 Charlotte rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: lit-for-adolescents

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After I finished this book I just sat there on the couch for a solid ten minutes not doing anything but thinking. I'm a champion for bleak literature, but I still don't know how to respond to this book. I've never read anything like it. Telling the story of a bus of children taken hostage by terrorists, this book is packed with emotion, but I didn't even know what emotions I was feeling or how to respond to them. Several times I felt punched in the stomach and had to catch my breath. After...more

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Jan 10, 2012 Laina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Robert Cormier is an absolute genius. His books are the kind that make me sore after reading them because I'm so tense, and just when I think I've figured them out, I'm thrown for a crazy loop. Yes, that's exactly how this book was.

My favorite part of this book? Definitely the narration. Cormier is one of those few authors who can pull off switching points of views often. I especially enjoyed the insight into Miro. His character was so intriguing and made me look at terrorists in a completely ne...more

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Jun 22, 2012 Luke rated it 2 of 5 stars

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If possible, I'd give a 2.5 star rating. This isn't as bad as the two stars seem to indicate. However, it really wasn't a very good book. It's a young adult novel by the master of young adult writing: Robert Cormier. I've enjoyed some of his other works (I Am the Cheese, The Rag and Bone Shop), but this one just didn't work. Most Cormier works are short, almost begging to be called novellas instead of novels. They are concise, or perhaps precise is a better word. They are precision instruments t...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Cami Beath rated it 4 of 5 stars

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After the First Death
By Robert Cormier

I couldn’t stop reading this book! I was hooked as soon as I figured out the narrator switches and almost skipped ahead to find out what would happen (don’t worry--I would never do that!). I came into the novel without any expectations or clues about the story except for the title. It feels just like a movie. I loved the characters--even Miro--because Cormier is so good at capturing all the little thoughts in their heads. His detail is amazing, even though t...more

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Jun 07, 2012 Shandi Hibbert rated it 5 of 5 stars

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This was such an engaging book! I read all but 20 pages of it in one sitting. I couldn't put it down. The story was fast-paced and kept me interested. It was one of those reads that you dread it being over. I was depressed that it was such a short book. Cormier did a great job of creating flashbacks and flash forwards in a way that kept the plot interesting. I don't know how he managed to go back and forth between the past and present without totally giving away the ending. Brilliant.
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Dec 06, 2012 Maddy rated it 4 of 5 stars

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There's a reason Cormier is the King of Adolescent Literarure--he's pretty much a genius.

This is the story of a terrorist attack on a bus full of children. The substitute bus driver, a teenage girl who wets her pants very easily; a boy raised in the narrow beliefs of a fundamentalist terrorist group; and the son of the general that the group wants to threaten all play important roles in this tale. Cormier gives gruesome descriptions and really makes the reader feel the heat, the darkness...more

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I am still undecided as to whether I loved this book or not. I really liked the ending, well not the part where Kate gets shot and the terrorist gets away; but when you figure out that Ben died and his father is actually a little nuts-o. The story was unusual, a group of terrorists taking over a school bus full of little kids. I know a lot of people will think this is a really twisted book, but I liked that it was different. My roommate asked what the book was about, I told her, and she had a re...more

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Jun 07, 2010 Lindsay rated it 2 of 5 stars

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The story is told from several points-of-view, but is mainly about two teenage boys. One is a boy named Ben, the son of a general who is head of a top secret government agency is the US. The other is Miro, a "freedom fighter" or terrorist for his country.
Ben is at a private school his dad attended and keeps mentioning the "incident with the bus and the bridge." he is waiting for his parents' visit all day, writing his thought on paper.
Miro is an orphan who was taken under the wing of Artkin, an...more

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Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925–November 2, 2000) was an American author, columnist and reporter, known for his deeply pessimistic, downbeat literature. His most popular works include I Am the Cheese, After the First Death, We All Fall Down and The Chocolate War, all of which have won awards. The Chocolate War was challenged in multiple libraries. His books often are concerned with themes...more

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