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Tenderness

By Robert Cormier

By Robert Cormier

By Robert Cormier

By Robert Cormier

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Sep 14, 2004 | ISBN 9780385731331 | Young Adult

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Mar 19, 2013 | ISBN 9780385729871 | Young Adult

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    About Tenderness

    EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD ERIC HAS just been released from juvenile detention for murdering his mother and stepfather. Now he’s looking for some tenderness—tenderness he finds in caressing and killing beautiful girls. Fifteen-year-old Lori has run away from home again. Emotionally naive but sexually precocious, she is also looking for tenderness—tenderness she finds in Eric. Will Lori and Eric be each other’s salvation or destruction?

    “Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping.”—School Library Journal, Starred

    An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults

    About Tenderness

    Eighteen-year-old Eric has just been released from juvenile detention for murdering his mother and stepfather. Now he’s looking for tenderness—tenderness he finds in caressing and killing beautiful girls.

    Fifteen-year-old Lori has run away from home again. Emotionally naïve but sexually precocious, she is also looking for tenderness—tenderness she finds in Eric. Will Lori and Eric be each other’s salvation or destruction? Told from their alternating points of view, this harrowing thriller speeds to its fateful conclusion with an irresistible force, and a final twist that will not be easily forgotten.

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    About Robert Cormier

    Robert Cormier (1925–2000) changed the face of young adult literature over the course of his illustrious career. His many books include The Chocolate War, I Am the Cheese, Fade, Tenderness, After the First Death, Heroes, Frenchtown Summer, and The Rag and Bone Shop. In 1991 he received the Margaret… More about Robert Cormier

    About Robert Cormier

    Robert Cormier (1925–2000) changed the face of young adult literature over the course of his illustrious career. His many books include The Chocolate War, I Am the Cheese, Fade, Tenderness, After the First Death, Heroes, Frenchtown Summer, and The Rag and Bone Shop. In 1991 he received the Margaret… More about Robert Cormier

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Ember
    Sep 14, 2004 | 240 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780385731331

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Delacorte Press
    Mar 19, 2013 | 240 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780385729871
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    Praise

    *"Cormier is in top form in this cilling portrait…a sense of ‘tenderness’ pervades this gripping tale."
    —School Library Journal, starred review

    "Cormier’s latest is a mesmerizing plunge into the mind of a psychopathic teen killer that is both deeply disturbing and utterly compelling."
    —Booklist

    "A serial killer; an aging cop with a hunch; an impulsive 15-year-old runaway: Three familiar characters are spun by a master of suspense into another disturbing study in emotional dysfunction."
    —Kirkus Reviews

    "Rarely has Cormier’s irony been darker…readers will stay on the edge of their seats."
    — Publishers Weekly

    Awards

    ALA Best Books for Young Adults WINNER 1998

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