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"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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For whatever reason (we're never really told why he does what he does), Eric Poole likes to kill young girls. Tall, slender girls with long dark...more...]]> 9585493 557973 51944 0385731337 9780385731331 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170383840m/51944.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51944.Tenderness 3.68 388
"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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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 Eric.  Will Lori and Eric be each other's salvation or destruction?  Told from their alternating points of view, this harrowing thriller speeds to its fateful conclusion with an irresistible force, and a final twist that will not be easily forgotten.]]> 5 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 20:20:09 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 20:30:37 -0800 2009
Lori is fifteen years old, and has run away from home because of her mother's new boyfriend. Meanwhile, Eric is 18 and has just been released from prison where he has been for the last three years, convicted of murdering his mother and step-father. What the authorities don't...more...]]> 73517939 1005522 51944 0385731337 9780385731331 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170383840m/51944.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51944.Tenderness 3.68 388
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I'd bump it up to three and a half stars. This book follows the collision of the worlds of two dysfunctional teenagers, one of whom is a serial killer just released from juvenile detention for killing his parents, the other a seriously insecure...more...]]> 49708401 702681 51944 0385731337 9780385731331 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170383840m/51944.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51944.Tenderness 3.68 388
"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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I will never, ever think of Twilight the same way again. Especially not after I figured out that Twilight is, essentially, Tenderness and M.T. Anderson's Thirsty mixed with a romance novel and a conveniently happy ending.

Cormier's ability to ex...more...]]> 80583360 3029633 51944 0385731337 9780385731331 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170383840m/51944.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51944.Tenderness 3.68 388
"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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This is the story of two teens who are both desperately seeking "Tenderness." Unfortunately, one of these teens happens to be a serial killer, and for him this Tenderness is not something light and happy. Unexpectedly, he finds himself liking the girl who has...more...]]> 72701064 1887894 51944 0385731337 9780385731331 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170383840m/51944.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51944.Tenderness 3.68 388
"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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After spending three years in the Juvenile correction facility for the murder of his mother and stepfather, Eric Poole is finally released. He moves in with his aunt for awhile until the press calm down and find something else to report on in the newspa...more...]]> 28366167 314550 3886510 0440220343 9780440220343 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3886510.Tenderness 4.00 2
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 Eric. Will Lori and Eric be each other's salvation or destruction? Told from their alternating points of view, this harrowing thriller speeds to its fateful conclusion with an irresistible force, and a final twist that will not be easily forgotten.]]> 5 0 false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 12:53:59 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 10:55:10 -0700 2008
This is a very suspenseful bo...more...]]> 23457434 600502 51944 0385731337 9780385731331 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170383840m/51944.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51944.Tenderness 3.68 388
"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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Essentially, this novel breaks down to three main characters: Lori, the sexually aggressive runaway, Eric, the teenaged serial killer, and Det. Proctor, the overeager detective looking to reconcile failures in his past.

Each of the characters is broken, and by broken, I ...more...]]> 75307633 2751916 51944 0385731337 9780385731331 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170383840m/51944.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51944.Tenderness 3.68 388
"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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Cormier writes psychologically intriguing characters well, but this story just doesn't seem as good as his others. I found myself just ...more...]]> 73002923 1739357 51944 0385731337 9780385731331 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170383840m/51944.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51944.Tenderness 3.68 388
"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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"Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."; School Library Journal, Starred

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