Browse Items · Robert E. Cormier Archive Collection 1

Kathy Barry's article "Author Cormier rejects conservative trend of banning books"

Tags: Adolescence, Catholicism, Censorship, Language, Negative Endings, Parents, Realistic fiction

Letter from Robert Cormier to Liz 10 June 1995

Cormier discusses the futility of censorship in protecting children from the world.

Tags: Adolescence, Censorship, The Chocolate War (novel)

Deborah Fones' letter to Robert Cormier 26 September 1986

Fones writes to Cormier concerned that the suicide scene in Beyond the Chocolate War could be damaging to teenagers.

Tags: Adolescence, Beyond the Chocolate War (novel), Influence, Protection, Self-censorship, Suicide

Virginia R. Monseau's essay "Achieving Power Through Young Adult Literature: Studying Cormier's Protagonists"

Monseau considers student letters to Cormier's characters to argue that identifying with Cormier's characters helps students develop strength in their own identity.

Tags: Adolescence, After the First Death (novel), Character, I Am the Cheese (novel), Identity, Role Models, Teachers, The Chocolate War (novel)

Letter from Robert Cormier to Jan Wallace

Thanks and commiseration with a teacher facing a censorship battle.

Tags: Adolescence, Censorship, Fade (novel), Honesty, Parents, Teachers

Teens praising Cormier's novels

Quotes from teen readers.

Tags: Adolescence, After the First Death (novel), Fans, I Am the Cheese (novel), Readers, The Chocolate War (novel)

Conference talk in Australia

A speech on self-censorship and parenting serves as Cormier's response to censorship attempts of The Chocolate War.

Tags: Adolescence, Censorship, Graham Greene, Influence, Librarians, Mothers, Movies, Parents, Self-censorship, Teachers, The Chocolate War (novel)

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