- Detectives, Murder, Police, Juvenile Fiction
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 confrontation between Jason and his interrogator forms the chilling climax of this terrifying look at what can happen when the pursuit of justice becomes a personal crusade for victory at any cost.From the Hardcover edition.
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Grave, earnest, spare and contemporary.
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- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Robert Cormier
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 153
- Publisher
- Tandem Library, Random House Children's Books, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780613622202
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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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