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- I Am the Cheese
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| # | Date | Publisher | Binding | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1977-00-00 | Alfred A. Knopf |  |
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- Blurb:
- This is a Young Adult Novel Imagine discovering that your whole life has been a fiction, your identity altered, and a new family history created. Suddenly nothing is as it once seemed; you can trust no one, maybe not even yourself. It is exactly this revelation that turns 14-year-old Adam Farmer"s life upside down. As he tries to ascertain who he really is, Adam encounters a past, present, and future too horrible to contemplate. Suspense builds as the fragments of the story are assembled--a missing father, government corruption, espionage--until the shocking conclusion shatters the fragile mosaic. Young adult readers will easily relate to the shy and confused Adam, whose desperate searching for self resembles a disturbingly exaggerated version of the identity crisis common to the teenage years. First published in 1977, I Am the Cheese provides an exciting introduction to psychological thrillers. This sensitive, emotional, subtly crafted novel by Robert Cormier (author of The Chocolate War) was a New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year, as well as a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. --Emilie Coulter An ALA Notable Children"s Book An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Horn Book Fanfare Honor Book A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year Winner of the 1997 Phoenix Award by the Children"s Literature Association /cc