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Teens praising Cormier's novels
Quotes from teen readers.
Dee Richardson's article "A High School Senior Meets Robert Cormier"
Richardson recounts a student's journal entries on The Chocolate War as he worked on a paper on censorship of Cormier's work. The article includes portions of Paul's letter to Cormier and Cormier's complete response. Richardson closes on the…
Letter to Dr. Sprawls defending Cormier
Letter to Irmo High School principal, Dr. John Sprawls in defense of The Chocolate War.
Letter to Paul Tracy defending Cormier
Teacher John Merrill writes to principal Paul Tracy supporting The Chocolate War.
Joseph Sepesy's letter and term paper sent to Robert Cormier
Joseph Sepesy's term paper for Dr. Gary Salvner's Spring 1988 Adolescent Literature course at Youngstown State University is largely an analysis of Jerry's character.
Margaret Silver's article "Fashioning Adult Readers: Robert Cormier as Facilitator"
Teacher Margaret Silver talks about the need for strong YA literature. Silver finds Cormier a good example of a writer that prepares young readers for more difficult reading and for real-life problems.
Conference talk in Australia
A speech on self-censorship and parenting serves as Cormier's response to censorship attempts of The Chocolate War.
Speech on childhood reading, writing, and the fear behind censorship PART I
This speech addresses Cormier's childhood and adolescent reading and writing. It includes the introduction to his 20th Anniversary edition of I Am the Cheese and letters from objectors.
Speech on childhood reading, writing, and the fear behind censorship PART II
This speech addresses Cormier's childhood and adolescent reading and writing. It includes the Introduction to his 20th Anniversary edition of I Am the Cheese and letters with objectors.
Letter from Robert Cormier to Fabio Coen 24 June 1973
Cormier thanks Coen for his comments and describes the revisions made to The Chocolate War.
Letter from Robert Cormier to Fabio Coen DRAFT
Robert Cormier thanks Fabio Coen for his comments and describes the revisions he made to The Chocolate War.
The Chocolate War removed chapter
This short chapter includes a scene of Archie formulating his revenge against Jerry.
Letter from Robert Cormier to Annie, Safa, et al. 25 February 1987
Robert Cormier writes to a class about how a character's development follows inevitable paths. He also addresses how the sequel to The Chocolate War aims to address readers' questions. Cormier later discusses the dangers of precautionary…
Autobiographical sketch draft
This draft describes how Cormier shared a draft of The Chocolate War with his 15-year-old daughter to test Fabio Coen's idea that the excised chapter is unnecessary to the story. He then expresses his thanks for his network of supporters and family.