After

by Francine Prose

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Book desription: Avon Tempest, 2004. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Brand New. 7.00 x 5.30 x 0.50. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 7.0 oz. School has become a prison. -- No one knows why. -- There's no way to stop it. Francine Prose writes a YA novel about the aftermath of a Columbine-like shooting in a nearby high school, which is suddenly overtaken by grief counselors, dress codes, bans on everything from cell phones to certain words, and the sudden disappearance of students considered potential troublemakers. When even their parents comply with the repressive new regime, the kids themselves have to find ways to survive. -- In the aftermath of a nearby school shooting, a grief and crisis counselor takes over Central High School and enacts increasingly harsh measures to control students, while those who do not comply disappear. In her first novel for young adults, Prose succeeds in keeping suspense high and manages, for the most part, to connect shocking events to a reality familiar to most teens..This drama raises all-too-relevant questions about the fine line between safety as a means of protection versus encroachment on individual rights and free will. Sure to spur heated discussions. -- Publishers Weekly (02/24/2003) -- Because the narrative is kept faithfully inside the protagonist's mind, readers are skillfully left just as unsettled, frightened, and confused as he is himself, about both the future and the nature of what exactly is going on. Could have been scarier if the administrative power had snowballed rather than possessing total control from the beginning, but still an unsettling piece for modern times. -- Kirkus Reviews (03/15/2003) -- To my mind, Francine Prose's novel raises worthy questions about the protection of civil liberties. Those who aid and abet the erosion of such rights, however, aren't portrayed as citizens with different political opinions, but as tyrannical monsters or docile drudges. The air of dread is real; serious debate between well-meaning people with sharply differing ideas is missing. -- New York Times Book Review - Gregory Maguire (05/18/2003) -- [D]espite its lack of literary flair, Prose's chilling tale provides a lesson in civil liberties that every kid--and adult--should learn. -- Nation (06/16/2003). .

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