- Organized crime, YOUNG ADULT FICTION, Juvenile fiction, Crime organisé
A young boy desperately tries to unlock his past yet knows he must hide those memories if he is to remain alive.
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- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Robert Cormier
- First published
- 1977
- Pages
- 220
- Publisher
- Ember, Thorndike Press, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 31
- Language
- Chinese, French, English
- ISBN
- 9780174324195
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“I am riding the bicycle and I am on Route 31 in Monument, Massachusetts, on my way to Rutterburg, Vermont, and I'm pedaling furiously because this is an old-fashioned bike, no speeds, no fenders, only the warped tires and the brakes that don't always work and the handlebars with cracked rubber grips to steer with.”
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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