Robert Cormier, Author . Delacorte $15.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-385-72962-8
Cormier's (The Chocolate War) final novel, published posthumously, is characteristically dark and thought-provoking as he delves into "the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart," (from the Yeats poem). The author offers an in-depth study...
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Robert Cormier, Author . Dell/Laurel-Leaf $5.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-440-22971-1
Cormier's final novel offers an in-depth look at an interrogator and a 12-year old suspected of killing his neighbor. According to PW's starred review, "The chilling results will leave an indelible mark on readers and prompt heated...
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Robert Cormier, Author Laurel Leaf Library $5.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-440-21903-3
Numb and lonely after his brother's death, Henry is befriended by a bigoted new employer, who attempts to involve the boy in an act of cruelty against a Holocaust survivor. Ages 12-up. (May)
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Robert Cormier, Author Laurel Leaf Library $6.5 (192p) ISBN 978-0-440-22686-4
A psychotic mystery caller threatens a teenage boy's family. In a starred review, PW praised ""the masterful crafting of the book's intricate plot and surprise ending."" Ages 12-up.
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Robert Cormier, Author Laurel Leaf Library $6.5 (144p) ISBN 978-0-440-22769-4
According to PW's starred review, this dark story of a WWII veteran who seeks revenge on an old mentor ""will hold fans from first page to last, and set them thinking about what really lurks behind the face of a hero."" Ages 12-up. (Feb.)
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Robert Cormier, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $16 (0p) ISBN 978-0-385-30501-3
In an unapologetically severe story about four boys who victimize Karen Jerome and her family, Cormier once again explores the potential for malice in all of us. The teenagers leave the Jeromes' home in ruin; Karen is assaulted and subsequently...
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Robert Cormier, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15 (101p) ISBN 978-0-385-30818-2
Eleven-year-old Henry is largely on his own after his brother's death: his family has moved to a new city, his father has slipped into depression and his mother waitresses long hours to support the family. In this vacuum, the boy attracts the...
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Robert Cormier, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-385-32158-7
Sixteen-year-old Denny wonders if his family will ever recover from the tragedy that predates his own birth: 22 children were killed in an accident at the movie theater where his then-teenage father worked. Publicly blamed although legally...
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Robert Cormier, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $16.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-385-32704-6
More wistful but equally as haunting as Cormier's usual fare, this novel in verse shapes an impressionistic portrait of a lonely, keenly observant boy living in post-WWI Frenchtown (also the setting for the novel Fade). Twelve-year-old Eugene finds...
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Robert Cormier, Author Laurel Leaf Library $5.5 (240p) ISBN 978-0-440-22034-3
The path of a serial killer intertwines with that of a teenage runaway who cannot resist his charm. ""Readers will stay on the edge of their seats,"" said PW. Ages 14-up. (Oct.)
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Robert Cormier, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $16.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-385-32286-7
Rarely has Cormier's irony been darker than in this violent tale of obsession, which explores the psyches of a serial killer and the teenage runaway who cannot resist his charm. Lori Cranston hitchhikes to Massachusetts with the intention of...
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Robert Cormier, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-385-32590-5
The irony of the title will haunt readers of this novel as they delve into the mind of a WWII veteran whose face has been blown off by a grenade. After winning a Silver Star for bravery, 18-year-old Francis Cassavant could return home a hero, but he
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Robert Cormier, Author, Robert Coraier, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (310p) ISBN 978-0-440-50057-5
Much of Cormier's fiction poses a paradox: you are most alive just as outside forces obliterate your identity. Cormier's protagonists want to be anonymous, and their wishes are fulfilled in nightmarish ways. In Fade , which encompasses three stories
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