Rag and Bone Shop

by Robert Cormier

Published 1 January 2001
Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend in Monument, Massachusetts.

Frenchtown Summer

by Robert Cormier

Published 7 September 1999
A series of vignettes in free verse in which the writer reminisces about his life as a twelve-year-old boy living in a small town during the hot summer of 1938.

We All Fall Down

by Robert Cormier

Published 1 September 1991
As The Avenger searches for the teenage boys who trashed a house in his neighborhood, Buddy, one of the trashers, increases his drinking in order to cope with his parents' separation and his obsession with the daughter of the owner of the vandalized house.

Beyond the Chocolate War

by Robert Cormier

Published 12 March 1985
Dark deeds continue at Trinity High School, climaxing in a public demonstration of one student's homemade guillotine. Sequel to "The Chocolate War."