Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
After the first death After the first death Robert Cormier Events of the hijacking of a bus of children by terrorists seeking the return of their homeland are described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in the rescue o… OL15132349W
Heroes Heroes Robert Cormier After serving in the United States Army in World War II and having his face blown off by a grenade, Francis, a young soldier, returns home hoping to find--and kill--the former childhood hero he feels… OL15869245W
Face to face Face to face Robert Cormier,Anatoliĭ Georgievich Aleksin,Thomas Pettepiece Presents short stories and excerpts from novels by American and Soviet writers. OL16053746W
The Chocolate War and Related Readings The Chocolate War and Related Readings Robert Cormier A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies. OL16538155W
The rag and bone shop The rag and bone shop Robert Cormier Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend in Monument, Massachusetts. OL24294487W
The Chocolate War The Chocolate War Robert Cormier A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies OL55326W
Frenchtown summer Frenchtown summer Robert Cormier Eugene is remembering the summer of 1938 in Frenchtown, a time when he began to wonder "what I was doing here on the planet Earth." Here in vibrant, exquisite detail are his lovely mother, his aunts … OL55334W
8 Plus 1 8 Plus 1 Robert Cormier Meet seventeen-year-old Mike, who visits his grandmother's bedside and learns a family secret. A divorced father who discovers only love, not bribes, can keep his daughter 'his' on Thursdays. And Jer… OL55335W
Other Bells for Us to Ring Other Bells for Us to Ring Robert Cormier 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'Har… OL55340W
The rag and bone shop The rag and bone shop Robert Cormier Twelve-year old Jason is accused of the brutal murder of a young girl. Is he innocent or guilty? The shocked town calls on an interrogator with a stellar reputation: he always gets a confession. The … OL55343W
Tenderness Tenderness Robert Cormier A psychological thriller told from the points of view of a teenage serial killer and the runaway girl who falls in love with him. OL55344W
After the first death After the first death Robert Cormier Events of the hijacking of a bus of children by terrorists seeking the return of their homeland are described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in the rescue o… OL55347W