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Dark deeds continue at Trinity High School, climaxing in a public demonstration of one student's homemade guillotine. Sequel to "The Chocolate War."
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Grave, classical in form, bleak and earnest.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Robert Cormier
- First published
- 1985
- Pages
- 278
- Publisher
- Laurel Leaf, Macmillan Education, Dell Publishing
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780006726814
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“Ray Bannister started to build the guillotine the day Jerry Renault returned to Monument.”
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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