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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 Jerry, a young boy desperately looking for the missing Grover Cleveland card to complete his set of president cards. Here are nine stories by Robert Cormier, one of the most gifted writers of young adult fiction today; stories that are warm, touching, and intensely personal--to be savored by readers of all ages.
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young adultcoming of ageshort storiesShort storiesFamily lifeChildren's stories, American
About the author
Robert Cormier
17 January 1925 – 2 November 2000
Robert Edmund Cormier was an American writer and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels, many of which were written for young adults. Recurring themes include abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal, and conspiracy. In most of his novels, the protagonists do not win. Cormier's more 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* has been challenged in multiple libraries.
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