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“I can’t remember a time, really, when I haven’t been a writer. . . . Reading and writing were the two great escapes of my life and I suppose they still are.”—Robert Cormier
Robert Cormier is a Margaret A. Edwards Award winner, and his books repeatedly appear on the best books lists of the American Library Association, The New York Times, and School Library Journal.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert Cormier (pronounced kor-MEER) lived all his life in Leominster, Massachusetts, a small town in the north-central part of the state, where he grew up as part of a close, warm community of French Canadian immigrants... Read More
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The Chocolate War
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1986
Price: $7.99
Stunned by his mother's recent death and appalled by the way his father sleepwalks through life, Jerry Renault, a New England high school student, ponders the poster in his locker-Do I dare disturb the universe?
Part of his universe is Archie Costello, leader of a secret school societ-the Virgils-and master of intimidation. Archie... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1986
Price: $7.99
Stunned by his mother's recent death and appalled by the way his father sleepwalks through life, Jerry Renault, a New England high school student, ponders the poster in his locker-Do I dare disturb the universe?
Part of his universe is Archie Costello, leader of a secret school societ-the Virgils-and master of intimidation. Archie... Read more >
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unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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After the First Death
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: February 1, 1991
Price: $6.99
Who will be the next to die?
They've taken the children. And the son of a general. But that isn't enough.
More horrors must come... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: February 1, 1991
Price: $6.99
Who will be the next to die?
They've taken the children. And the son of a general. But that isn't enough.
More horrors must come... Read more >
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The Rag and Bone Shop
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2003
Price: $6.99
Twelve-year old Jason is accused of the brutal murder of a young girl. Is he innocent or guilty? The shocked town calls on an interrogator with a stellar reputation: he always gets a confession. The confrontation between Jason and his interrogator forms the chilling climax of this terrifying look at what... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2003
Price: $6.99
Twelve-year old Jason is accused of the brutal murder of a young girl. Is he innocent or guilty? The shocked town calls on an interrogator with a stellar reputation: he always gets a confession. The confrontation between Jason and his interrogator forms the chilling climax of this terrifying look at what... Read more >
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The Chocolate War
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $8.95
IN 1974, AFTER SUFFERING rejections from seven major publishers, The Chocolate War made its debut. An uncompromising portrait of conformity and corruption, it quickly became a bestselling—and provocative—classic for young adults.
“Masterfully structured and rich in theme; the action is well crafted, well timed, suspenseful.”—The New York Times Book Review
“The characterizations of... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $8.95
IN 1974, AFTER SUFFERING rejections from seven major publishers, The Chocolate War made its debut. An uncompromising portrait of conformity and corruption, it quickly became a bestselling—and provocative—classic for young adults.
“Masterfully structured and rich in theme; the action is well crafted, well timed, suspenseful.”—The New York Times Book Review
“The characterizations of... Read more >
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Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1994
Price: $5.99
A masterful portrayal of hatred, prejudice and manipulation that challenges readers to examine how they would behave in the face of evil. Henry meets and befriends Mr. Levine, an elderly Holocaust survivor, who is carving a replica of the village where he lived and which was destroyed in the war. Henry's... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1994
Price: $5.99
A masterful portrayal of hatred, prejudice and manipulation that challenges readers to examine how they would behave in the face of evil. Henry meets and befriends Mr. Levine, an elderly Holocaust survivor, who is carving a replica of the village where he lived and which was destroyed in the war. Henry's... Read more >
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I Am the Cheese
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $8.99
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Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $8.99
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Fade
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $7.99
IT IS THE summer of 1938 when young Paul Moreaux discovers he can “fade.” First bewildered, then thrilled with the power of invisibility, Paul experiments. But his “gift” soon shows him shocking secrets and drives him toward a chilling act.
“Imagine what might happen if Holden Caufield stepped into H. G. Wells’... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $7.99
IT IS THE summer of 1938 when young Paul Moreaux discovers he can “fade.” First bewildered, then thrilled with the power of invisibility, Paul experiments. But his “gift” soon shows him shocking secrets and drives him toward a chilling act.
“Imagine what might happen if Holden Caufield stepped into H. G. Wells’... Read more >
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eBook.
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Beyond the Chocolate War
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1986
Price: $6.99
The school year is almost at an end, and the chocolate sale is past history. But no one at Trinity School can forget The Chocolate War.
Devious Archie Costello, commander of the secret school organizationcalled the Virgils, stall has some torturous assignments to hand out before he graduates. In spite of this pleasure, Archie... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1986
Price: $6.99
The school year is almost at an end, and the chocolate sale is past history. But no one at Trinity School can forget The Chocolate War.
Devious Archie Costello, commander of the secret school organizationcalled the Virgils, stall has some torturous assignments to hand out before he graduates. In spite of this pleasure, Archie... Read more >
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We All Fall Down
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1993
Price: $6.99
They entered the house at 9:02 P.M. and trashed their way through the Cape Cod cottage. At 9:46 P.M. Karen Jerome made the mistake of arriving home early. Thrown down the basement stairs, Karen slips into a coma. The trashers slip away.
But The Avenger has seen it all. Read more >
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: August 1, 1993
Price: $6.99
They entered the house at 9:02 P.M. and trashed their way through the Cape Cod cottage. At 9:46 P.M. Karen Jerome made the mistake of arriving home early. Thrown down the basement stairs, Karen slips into a coma. The trashers slip away.
But The Avenger has seen it all. Read more >
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In the Middle of the Night
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 11, 1997
Price: $6.50
Eight years before Denny Colbert was born, his father was involved in a tragic accident that killed 22 children. Now Denny is 16, and all he wants is to be like other kids his age. But he isn't allowed to answer the telephone or have a driver's license, and his family... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: August 11, 1997
Price: $6.50
Eight years before Denny Colbert was born, his father was involved in a tragic accident that killed 22 children. Now Denny is 16, and all he wants is to be like other kids his age. But he isn't allowed to answer the telephone or have a driver's license, and his family... Read more >
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The Chocolate War
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 22, 2007
Price: $26.00
IN 1974, AFTER SUFFERING rejections from seven major publishers, The Chocolate War made its debut. An uncompromising portrait of conformity and corruption, it quickly became a bestselling—and provocative—classic for young adults.
“Masterfully structured and rich in theme; the action is well crafted, well timed, suspenseful.”—The New York Times Book Review
“The characterizations of... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 22, 2007
Price: $26.00
IN 1974, AFTER SUFFERING rejections from seven major publishers, The Chocolate War made its debut. An uncompromising portrait of conformity and corruption, it quickly became a bestselling—and provocative—classic for young adults.
“Masterfully structured and rich in theme; the action is well crafted, well timed, suspenseful.”—The New York Times Book Review
“The characterizations of... Read more >
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The Chocolate War
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: March 12, 1974
Price: $16.95
Reissued now in hardcover with a new introduction by the author, Cormier's chilling look at the insidious world of gang intimidation and the abuse of power in a boys' boarding school is no less relevant today than it was in 1974. Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: March 12, 1974
Price: $16.95
Reissued now in hardcover with a new introduction by the author, Cormier's chilling look at the insidious world of gang intimidation and the abuse of power in a boys' boarding school is no less relevant today than it was in 1974. Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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Tenderness
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $7.95
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD ERIC HAS just been released from juvenile detention for murdering his mother and stepfather. Now he’s looking for some tenderness—tenderness he finds in caressing and killing beautiful girls. Fifteen-year-old Lori has run away from home again. Emotionally naive but sexually precocious, she is also looking for tenderness—tenderness she finds in... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $7.95
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD ERIC HAS just been released from juvenile detention for murdering his mother and stepfather. Now he’s looking for some tenderness—tenderness he finds in caressing and killing beautiful girls. Fifteen-year-old Lori has run away from home again. Emotionally naive but sexually precocious, she is also looking for tenderness—tenderness she finds in... Read more >
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Heroes
Format: Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2000
Price: $6.50
Francis Joseph Cassavant is eighteen. He has just returned home from the Second World War, and he has no face. He does have a gun and a mission: to murder his childhood hero.
Francis lost most of his face when he fell on a grenade in France. He received the Silver Star... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2000
Price: $6.50
Francis Joseph Cassavant is eighteen. He has just returned home from the Second World War, and he has no face. He does have a gun and a mission: to murder his childhood hero.
Francis lost most of his face when he fell on a grenade in France. He received the Silver Star... Read more >
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eBook.
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8 + 1
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1991
Price: $6.50
Meet seventeen-year-old Mike, who visits his grandmother's bedside and learns a family secret.
A divorced father who discovers only love, not bribes, can keep his daughter 'his' on Thursdays.
And Jerry, a young boy desperately looking for the missing Grover Cleveland card to complete his set of president cards.
Here are nine stories by... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1991
Price: $6.50
Meet seventeen-year-old Mike, who visits his grandmother's bedside and learns a family secret.
A divorced father who discovers only love, not bribes, can keep his daughter 'his' on Thursdays.
And Jerry, a young boy desperately looking for the missing Grover Cleveland card to complete his set of president cards.
Here are nine stories by... Read more >
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The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1991
Price: $5.99
Sixteen-year-old Barney can't remember life before the Complex, an experimental clinlc. He knows he's different--he's the control subject. Then he uncovers a terrible secret about himself, a secret that drives him to fulfill his and his fellow subjects' ultimate dream. The Bumblebee must fly! Read more >
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 1, 1991
Price: $5.99
Sixteen-year-old Barney can't remember life before the Complex, an experimental clinlc. He knows he's different--he's the control subject. Then he uncovers a terrible secret about himself, a secret that drives him to fulfill his and his fellow subjects' ultimate dream. The Bumblebee must fly! Read more >
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I Have Words to Spend
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1994
Price: $12.00
Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1994
Price: $12.00
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The Rag and Bone Shop
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $15.95
Twelve-year old Jason is accused of the brutal murder of a young girl. Is he innocent or guilty? The shocked town calls on an interrogator with a stellar reputation: he always gets a confession. The confrontation between Jason and his interrogator forms the chilling climax of this terrifying look at what... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2001
Price: $15.95
Twelve-year old Jason is accused of the brutal murder of a young girl. Is he innocent or guilty? The shocked town calls on an interrogator with a stellar reputation: he always gets a confession. The confrontation between Jason and his interrogator forms the chilling climax of this terrifying look at what... Read more >
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The Chocolate War
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 13, 2004
Price: $13.00
Reissued now in hardcover with a new introduction by the author, Cormier's chilling look at the insidious world of gang intimidation and the abuse of power in a boys' boarding school is no less relevant today than it was in 1974.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 13, 2004
Price: $13.00
Reissued now in hardcover with a new introduction by the author, Cormier's chilling look at the insidious world of gang intimidation and the abuse of power in a boys' boarding school is no less relevant today than it was in 1974.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
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Fade
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $7.99
IT IS THE summer of 1938 when young Paul Moreaux discovers he can “fade.” First bewildered, then thrilled with the power of invisibility, Paul experiments. But his “gift” soon shows him shocking secrets and drives him toward a chilling act.
“Imagine what might happen if Holden Caufield stepped into H. G. Wells’... Read more >
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $7.99
IT IS THE summer of 1938 when young Paul Moreaux discovers he can “fade.” First bewildered, then thrilled with the power of invisibility, Paul experiments. But his “gift” soon shows him shocking secrets and drives him toward a chilling act.
“Imagine what might happen if Holden Caufield stepped into H. G. Wells’... Read more >
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Frenchtown Summer
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2009
Price: $5.99
Eugene is remembering the summer of 1938 in Frenchtown, a time when he began to wonder “what I was doing here on the planet Earth.” Here in vibrant, exquisite detail are his lovely mother, his aunts and uncles, cousins and friends, and especially his beloved, enigmatic father. Here, too, is the... Read more >
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2009
Price: $5.99
Eugene is remembering the summer of 1938 in Frenchtown, a time when he began to wonder “what I was doing here on the planet Earth.” Here in vibrant, exquisite detail are his lovely mother, his aunts and uncles, cousins and friends, and especially his beloved, enigmatic father. Here, too, is the... Read more >
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Heroes
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $6.50
In Heroes, Robert Cormier explores the nature of heroism through a young and tragic life.
Francis Cassavant returns from World War II to seek revenge on his childhood hero. He lost his face in France when he fell on a grenade, earning the Silver Star for Bravery. His hero also holds the Silver Star... Read more >
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $6.50
In Heroes, Robert Cormier explores the nature of heroism through a young and tragic life.
Francis Cassavant returns from World War II to seek revenge on his childhood hero. He lost his face in France when he fell on a grenade, earning the Silver Star for Bravery. His hero also holds the Silver Star... Read more >
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The Rag and Bone Shop
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 4, 2001
Price: $6.99
Twelve-year old Jason is accused of the brutal murder of a young girl. Is he innocent or guilty? The shocked town calls on an interrogator with a stellar reputation: he always gets a confession. The confrontation between Jason and his interrogator forms the chilling climax of this terrifying look at what... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 4, 2001
Price: $6.99
Twelve-year old Jason is accused of the brutal murder of a young girl. Is he innocent or guilty? The shocked town calls on an interrogator with a stellar reputation: he always gets a confession. The confrontation between Jason and his interrogator forms the chilling climax of this terrifying look at what... Read more >
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Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2009
Price: $5.99
A masterful portrayal of hatred, prejudice and manipulation that challenges readers to examine how they would behave in the face of evil. Henry meets and befriends Mr. Levine, an elderly Holocaust survivor, who is carving a replica of the village where he lived and which was destroyed in the war. Henry's... Read more >
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2009
Price: $5.99
A masterful portrayal of hatred, prejudice and manipulation that challenges readers to examine how they would behave in the face of evil. Henry meets and befriends Mr. Levine, an elderly Holocaust survivor, who is carving a replica of the village where he lived and which was destroyed in the war. Henry's... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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