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    <body><![CDATA[I know Robert Cormier gets lots of praise for his books, but I tried to read I am the Cheese and couldn't, and I only read this book b/c it was assigned. I was glad Tunes for Bears was short. Henry, the 11-year-old main character, is a nice boy, trying to help his parents pay the bills. His father i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72908874">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cormier weaves a dark, haunting story in the aftermath of World War II.  Henry, whose parents are grief-stricken over the death of Henry's older brother, have moved to a new town.  Henry befriends a Jewish man from the insane asylum down the street who spends his days at a shelter carving a replica ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74315167">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent and mature book, though very short (101 pages).  Henry’s  brother is killed by a hit and run driver, destroying his father, who wallows in depression, and almost ruining the family.  The family moves to a new town, where Henry meets two fateful people:  old Mr. Levine, a survivor of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69709617">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This bleak fiction novel is definitely Cormieresque. Though it is one of his more mellow novels, it still has those attributes. This book is about a boy that moves to a new town that happens to be by a mental institution. His brother had recently passed away and his father is in oblivion, not workin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75737262">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Henry is forced into a difficult situation with Mr. Hairston.  he is painted into a corner and it seems he has to make particular choices and decide what he wants.  The genre of the book is a bit more serious, maybe drama.  I would say the reading level could be 3rd through maybe 5th grade.  I would...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54519304">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Genre: Realistic junior fiction.<br/><br/>Reading Level: Fluent<br/><br/>Topics &amp; Themes: Good v evil.<br/><br/>Curricular Use: Independent reading or daily read alouds.<br/><br/>Social: Poverty. Abuse of power and wealth. Holocaust survivors. People with Mental disorders (and stigmas attach...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33473410">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading level- 8-12<br/><br/>Genre-Fiction<br/><br/>Topic-good vs evil<br/><br/>Social-doing what is right, morals, abuse<br/><br/>Curricula Use-guided reading/read aloud<br/><br/>Literary Elements-symbolism, conflict<br/><br/>Text and pictures-N/A<br/><br/>Summary-Henry tries to forget about his fa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48029279">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[After having read a number of Robert Cormier books with tragic endings, I hesitated to read this one, recommended by a friend, but I felt satisfied by the conclusion.  This was a short book on intimidation (a Robert Cormier theme) by a racist grocer on a pre-adolescent boy who desperately needed his...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77642291">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just read this last week for a book club. It actually is in the teens section of the library and is an easy read...I think it only took me a couple of hours. It is a good book to discuss with young teens on the topic of prejudice and anti-Semitism.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very sad and to a degree quite strange. I hate Mr. Hairston. i don't remember the narrator's name but i feel so bad for him.<br/><br/>i don't understand why this was written in 3rd person.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A story with a pointless plot about an anti-semitic man who blackmails a little boy to destroy the replica of his friend's village during the Second World War Holocaust. This is it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book to be very interesting.  The book introduced some very unique characters that introduced social issues.  I found the main character to struggle with a moral dilemma which he resolves in a way I was not expecting.  <br/>I recommend this book to young teens.  It deals with social is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49450943">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Tunes for Bears to Dance To:  Perhaps my favorite of Cormier's, other than Rag and Bone Shop.  This book is far different than the style of his other works.  There is a kindness and tenderness that is often absent in his other work.  And don't get me wrong, I generally enjoy that absence, but this o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19387823">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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