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Plot Summary of After
"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."

Holly McBride, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of After
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
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: - student
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - mastermind
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a lot
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

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

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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