Robert Cormier





Robert Cormier

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born
January 17, 1925 in Leominster, Massachusetts, The United States

died
November 02, 2000

gender
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About this author

Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925–November 2, 2000) was an American author, columnist and reporter, known for his deeply pessimistic, downbeat literature. His most popular works include I Am the Cheese, After the First Death, We All Fall Down and The Chocolate War, all of which have won awards. The Chocolate War was challenged in multiple libraries. His books often are concerned with themes such as abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal and conspiracy. In most of his novels, the protagonists do not win.


Average rating: 3.53 · 28,296 ratings · 2,877 reviews · 28 distinct works
The Chocolate War
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 14,188 ratings — published 1974 — 36 editions
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I Am the Cheese
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 5,590 ratings — published 1977 — 20 editions
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After the First Death
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 1,110 ratings — published 1979 — 17 editions
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The Rag and Bone Shop
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 1,073 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions
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Tenderness
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 1,081 ratings — published 1997 — 11 editions
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Beyond the Chocolate War (C...
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 1,112 ratings — published 1985 — 15 editions
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Fade
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 1,035 ratings — published 1988 — 14 editions
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We All Fall Down
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 824 ratings — published 1991 — 15 editions
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The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 525 ratings — published 1983 — 10 editions
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Heroes
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 1998 — 15 editions
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More books by Robert Cormier…
The Chocolate War Beyond the Chocolate War
Chocolate War (2 books)
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“It's amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks.”
Robert Cormier, Heroes

“The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.”
Robert Cormier

“The possibility that hope comes out of hopelessness and that the opposite of things carry the seeds of birth - love out of hate, good out of evil. Didn't flowers grow out of dirt?”
Robert Cormier, After the First Death

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What children's or young adult book should we read in December and January?

(We will read a new adult novel January to February. We are still reading The Satanic Verses.)

 
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