Robert Cormier
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.
Works (43)
I am the Cheese
Heroes
The Chocolate War
Heroes
We all fall down
After the first death
Fade
The rag and bone shop
Tenderness
After the first death
After the first death
The bumblebee flies anyway
Tunes for bears to dance to
Beyond the Chocolate War (#2)
Chocolate War and Beyond the Chocolate War
Tenderness
The Chocolate War and Related Readings
8 Plus 1
Darcy
The bumblebee flies anyway
In the middle of the night
Eight plus one
After the First Death
Rag and Bone Shop
Mayflies
1997
Other Bells for Us to Ring
Frenchtown summer
Fade (Puffin Teenage Fiction S.)
La balle est dans ton camp
A la brocante du coeur
Heroes
Mayflies
In the middle of the night
The rag and bone shop
Heroes
L'Éclipse
Take Me Where the Good Times Are
Mayflies
Other Bells for Us to Ring
Frenchtown summer
In the Middle of the Night
I Have Words to Spend
Face to face