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After the first death

by Robert Cormier

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Events of the hijacking of a bus of children by terrorists seeking the return of their homeland are described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in the rescue operation, and his son, chosen as the go-between.

Fathers and sonsFictionTerrorismAmerican fiction, history and criticism, 20th centuryHijacking of busesChildren's fictionFathers and sons, fictionTerrorism, fictionJuvenile fiction