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Chocolate War
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The headmaster of Trinity College asks Archie Costello, the leader of the Vigils, a secret society that rules the school, to help with the selling of 20,000 boxes of chocolates in the annual fund-raising effort. Archie sees the chance of adding to his power - he is the Assigner, handing out to the boys tasks to be performed if they are to survive ...
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I Am the Cheese
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Adam's father is in hospital, and Adam has set off by bike to visit him. Adam's bike is an old-fashioned one, without gears, or mud-guards, or efficient brakes. To take his mind of his aching muscles, Adam traces the events that led up to his father being taken to hospital.
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Rag and Bone Shop
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A 7-year-old girl is brutally murdered, and 12-year-old Jason was the last person to see her alive. A skilled interrogator, famous for his ability to get confessions from suspects, is brought in and, as Jason is interrogated, it looks as though he will get a confession. But will it be the truth?
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After the First Death
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Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide ...
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Tenderness
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Lori Cranston is looking for someone who will be tender with her. Eric Poole is looking for someone to be tender with. He is counting the days until his release from youth custody. Soon he'll be free to pursue them all. They begin a journey that will either save or destroy them.
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Tunes for Bears to Dance to
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A story about the abuse of power and the far-reaching effects of a family tragedy. It is at once a small-town drama and a study of moral dilemma. Robert Cormier, author of "The Chocolate War" and "Darcy", was awarded the Margaret A. Edwards award for his contribution to young adult literature.
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Beyond the Chocolate War
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The story continues a few months after THE CHOCOLATE WAR ends. As the school year draws to an end, many students look forward to leaving but Carter and Obie, leading members of the ruthless secret society, The Vigils, can't contemplate the future until they have destroyed the leader, Archie Costello. Obie has seen his friendship with the beautiful ...
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We All Fall Down
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When the "trashers" wreck the cottage and leave 14-year-old Karen Jerome broken at the bottom of the cellar steps, the Avenger is watching, waiting to put right the wrong. This psychological thriller and bittersweet love story confronts the effects of violence, alcoholism and divorce.
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Heroes
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Francis is a World War II hero - or so everyone believes. Only Francis knows that the act of "heroism" that destroyed his face was a suicide attempt. Francis has one purpose in his life - to kill Larry La salle, the charismatic youth leader who raped Francis' girlfriend years before.
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Fade
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One boy in each generation of the Moreaux family is given the ability to become invisible. When Paul Moreaux inherits the gift - or the curse - he is soon seeing things it is better not to see. After a lifelong struggle with the gift of the fade he must save his nephew from it.
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Frenchtown Summer
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The story of a young boy's summer: a summer of Sahara afternoons, of lingering evenings, full of questions and mysteries.
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Other Bells for Us to Ring
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Darcy is a stranger in a new town, but, when she meets Kathleen Mary, she discovers how exciting life can be.
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In the Middle of the Night
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Denny Colbert suspects that the anonymous phone calls and his parents' over-protective behaviour are linked with a tragedy that took place over 25 years before, when a group of children died. Denny determines to find out how his father was involved and who the vindictive phone caller is.
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8 + 1
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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 ...
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Eight Plus One
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A collection of short stories about teenagers and the turning points in their lives. Selections include "The Mustache", "Another of Mike's Girls", "Guess What? I Almost Kissed My Father Goodnight", and "My First Negro".
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Bumblebee Flies Anyway
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Barney has volunteered for treatment in an experimental hospital as have others, including Mazzo who is rich and handsome and devastated by his encroaching disease. Barney evolves a plan to fulfill Mazzo's remaining dream and the Bumblebee, a glowing red MG, is the key.
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Beyond Chocolate War
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Jerry Renault is still dealing with the aftermath of the brutal beating he received at the conclusion of "The Chocolate War", and Archie Costello continues manipulating and controlling the lives of the other students at Trinity High School. Will Obie, one of Archie's followers, be the one who finally brings an end to Archie's reign of terror?
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I Have Words to Spend - The World of Rob
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In this collection of essays, originally written as newspaper columns, one of today's finest writers offers touching, humorous, and intensely personal anecdotes and observations of small-town life in America.
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I Have Words to Spend: Reflections of a Small-Town Editor
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A collection of 85 short stories by award-winning author Robert Cormier originally written as newspaper columns when he was a journalist. I Have Words to Spend includes commentary about people, nature, music, and movies. Excellent oral reading topics for speech/drama/theater classes.
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8 Plus 1: Stories
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A collection of short stories about teenagers and the turning points in their lives. Selections include "The Mustache", "Another of Mike's Girls", "Guess What? I Almost Kissed My Father Goodnight", and "My First Negro".
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Take Me Where the Good Times Are
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A story of old age and new beginnings from the award-winning author of The Chocolate War. Tommy Bartin is 70 years old, retired, and lives in an infirmary. When he receives a windfall of $63.00, he heads downtown to resume his former existence and learns that life still holds many surprises--even for someone who thinks he's seen it all.
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Now and at the Hour
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A Faith That Makes Sense
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Robert J Cormier
A collection of simple, one to two-page reflections that take the elements common to many faiths and offer them in a way that will indeed make sense to almost everyone. The simplicity of the reflections is a result of clarity that makes the texts easily accessible to a wide deversity of readers.
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Why We Look Up: Making Sense of Our Catholic Faith
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Robert J Cormier
People who want to make sense of their Cahtolic faith will cherish these inspiring reflections-proof that you don't need to be a theologian to have a rich faith that nourshes the heart and mind. In the book's three parts, Having Faith, Living Faith, and Practicing Faith, the award-winning author provides us with small gems for devotional reading ...
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Little Raw on Monday Mornings
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Already a widow with three kids, Gracie Adams is pregnant again. Things are bound to be tough, but Gracie never gives up hope of finding a love that will once again pull everyone together as a real family. A strikingly honest story for young readers.
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