For further reading within the same theme of terrorism, After the First Death by Robert Cormier and Broken Bridge by Lynne Reid Banks are two very strong young adult novels that can be read and compared to The Terrorist. Differences in these books include the fact that the first novel is set in the United States and the second is set in one of the politically charged countries mentioned in The Terrorist. Though using different settings, they both describe the cruelty of such terrorist actions and the fact that the innocent are usually the ones involved in such situations. A further point of relation between After the First Death and The Terrorist is the fact that the terrorist goes free in both novels. For another depiction about the threat of terrorism, readers might wish to discover Frankie's Story, The Beat of the Drum, and...