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After
After | Francine Prose
3 posts | 8 read | 11 to read
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. No one knows why. If you break the new rules the punishment is severe. And the rules keep changing every day. School feels like a prison. 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. There's no way to stop it. Nationally best-selling and acclaimed author Francine Prose has written a haunting novel about what happens when protection goes too far and what it means to have freedom extinguished -- in the name of safety.
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Fancypants
After | Francine Prose
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Creeeeepy.

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kristajans3
After | Francine Prose
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As always, I read the first page to get a feel for this story. immediately hooked, couldn't (can't) stop reading

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HiddenGemBooks
After | Francine Prose
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A school-shooting incident in nearby Pleasant Valley causes Tom's high school administrators to be worried about a ripple effect. A crisis counselor is hired and a watchdog atmosphere grows as the teens' privileges rapidly disappear. Tom and his sophomore classmates are annoyed but not overly concerned about the new security restrictions until they notice eerie disappearances of friends who fail to conform, including Tom's two best friends

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coffeenebula Sounds creepy and not that far fetched. I go into schools every day that already feel like prisons-in-training. 😢 8y
TheLudicReader I read this one a few years ago. It's good...and doesn't actually go in the direction you think it will. 8y
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