Robert Cormier
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
154 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A seven-year-old girl has been bludgeoned to death and buried in a pile of leaves. Although the police have no leads, they are pressured to close the case as soon as possible. So they call in a master interrogator to question 12-year-old Jason, the victim's friend and the last person to see her alive. Although Jason is innocent, he is shy, insecure, and wants to give answers that will satisfy everyone. As the questioning becomes more subtle and probing,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1985
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
All young adults familiar with Robert Cormier's nationally-acclaimed story of peer pressure at an exclusive prep school, The Chocolate War, will want to listen to this book. This brilliant sequel reveals what happens to devious Archie Costello when the students at Trinity School decide to take revenge on him. 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...
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
152 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
When her father is transferred to an army camp in Massachusetts during the Second World War, Darcy feels isolated in her French-Canadian neighborhood until she meets the vivacious Kathleen Mary O'Hara and learns about Catholicism.
6) Fade
Author
Pub. Date
1988
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Paul Moreaux, the thirteen-year-old son of French Canadian immigrants, inherits the ability to become invisible, but this power soon leads to death and destruction.