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Beckman, Wendy Hart

Robert Cormier: Banned, Challenged, and Censored

160 pp. | Enslow | July, 2008 | Library ISBN 978-0-7660-2691-9 $34.60

(4) YA Authors of Banned Books series. Beckman presents an overview of book banning, then provides a somewhat mechanical analysis of The Chocolate War, I Am the Cheese, and After the First Death. Discussion of the many challenges Cormier's books have faced is interwoven with testaments to his Catholic convictions and generous spirit. Many stock photos and a few that are actually applicable to Cormier's work illustrate the pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac