Robert Cormier

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Robert Cormier

American author

Also known as: Robert Edmund Cormier

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Two of Cormier’s novels, The Chocolate War (1974) and I Am the Cheese (1976), frequently appeared on annual lists of challenged books. The Chocolate War, which centers on a teenage boy who refuses to sell chocolates in support of his prep school’s fundraiser, has been accused of…
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Two of Cormier’s novels, The Chocolate War (1974) and I Am the Cheese (1976), frequently appeared on annual lists of challenged books. The Chocolate War, which centers on a teenage boy who refuses to sell chocolates in support of his prep school’s fundraiser, has been accused of…
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