Life, After by Sarah Darer Littman
Publisher: Scholastic Release Date: July, 2010 Pages: 288 BOOK DESCRIPTION: Everything changes when a terrorist attack kills Dani’s beloved aunt and unborn cousin. MY REVIEW: There are so many different types of books and from each one our reading experiences vary. When I read the blurb for Littman's LIFE, AFTER I knew the subject matter would be heavy. It was, but this book was special. Dani, 16, is the main character. For her there are two different forms of life: the first is Before, when her dad owned a tailor's shop and their middle class existence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was good. In 1994 terrorists bombed the AMIA building and Dani's aunt is killed. To make her death worse, she was eight months pregnant so Dani lost not just a beloved aunt but her unborn cousin. With this senseless act of terror life drastically changed. The second existence is what Dani refers to as "After"; following the bombing is "The Crisis" and families just li