description: The shootings in Pleasant Valley were fifty miles away, but at Central High a grief and crisis counselor is hired, security is increased, and privileges are being taken away. If you break the new rules, the punishment is severe. And the rules keep changing every day. It's for their protection, yet fifteen-year-old Tom Bishop and his friends learn that things are far more sinister than they seem. Students and teachers begin disappearing.And there's no way to stop it.From nationally best-selling and critically acclaimed author Francine Prose comes After -- a haunting novel about what happens when protection goes too far, and what it means to have freedom extinguished in the name of safety.
language: English
title: After Reading Group Guide
titlecomplete: After Reading Group Guide
genres: Mystery, Teen, Dystopia, Young Adult, High School, Thriller, Contemporary, Fiction, Horror, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 2003
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult
publisher: Joanna Cotler Books