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Book Review By Holly McBride
After by Francine Prose

Tom's life changes for the worst the day a high school about fifty miles away from his gets shot up. Reported as the worst shooting since Columbine, everything in Tom's life changes rapidly. Tom and his friends dubbed the Smart Jocks due to their athletic prowess and G.P.A. soon realize that the changes in their school aren't just ones that are to help them.

Kids start to disappear, the administration says they went to teen boot camps because they broke the rules. However all of these students die in mysterious accidents which appear to be murder. Tom realizes that in order to not be sent to one of the boot camp children, he must escape.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day)
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - solving crimes (scooby doooo!)
Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14
Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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