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Tenderness

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Author: Robert Cormier
ISBN: 9780385731331

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Published on Sep 14, 2004 | 240 Pages

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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

*"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

ISBN9780385731331

Published onSep 14, 2004

Published byEmber

Pages240

Dimensions5-3/16 x 8

Age Range14 and up

GradeGrade 9 & Up

Reading LevelLexile: 890L

Author

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 A. Edwards Award, honoring his lifetime contribution to writing for teens.

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