[quote name='smalien1']Amazon says "After the first death" is for ages 9-12[/QUOTE]
should have answered this before, but i had to do a project/study
there's no chance the book is meant for 9-12 year olds, considering 3 Arab terrorits, 2 children under 6, and a 19 year old girl all die, in addition to two suicides. There isn't a ton of complicated vocabulary, although the book does use some creative sentence structure. There is no chance Amazon judged the book by its content.
And, if by some miracle chance Robert Cormier did try to write a novel about a terrorist hostage situation to pre-teens, who gives a damn? I liked it, it was thought provoking, and isn't that all that matters?
Also:
[quote name='Strell']
My advice to anyone thinking they'll get away with posting a pic of themselves on here for the next few months is to expect that I'll be appearing in the background in some form or fashion.[/QUOTE]
Photoshop your worst, strell...