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After the First Death Summary & Study Guide Description
After the First Death Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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After the First Death Plot Summary
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After the First Death is a novel by award winning writer Robert Cormier. In this novel, Miro, a Middle Eastern teenager, and a small group of his fellow countrymen hijack a bus filled with five-year-old children on their way to summer day camp. These hijackers believe they are fighting for their homeland, a country they have never seen. Kate, the teenage bus driver, finds herself drawn into a drama with a bunch of kids she barely knows. Ben Marchand, another teen, finds himself drawn into the drama as well, destined to experience events that will color the rest of his life as well as his relationship with his own father. After the First Death is a complicated story that shows how violence changes and ruins all lives touched by it, even those who perpetrate it.
Ben Marchand sits in his room anticipating the visit of...
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