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8 Plus 1

Robert Cormier

1980208 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1980
first published
  • 1982BantamISBN 9780553226904
  • 1991Laurel Leaf · 208 pages · ENGISBN 9780440208389
  • 1980Knopf Books for Young Readers · ENGISBN 9780394945958

Meet seventeen-year-old Mike, who visits his grandmother's bedside and learns a family secret. A divorced father who discovers only love, not bribes, can keep his daughter 'his' on Thursdays. And Jerry, a young boy desperately looking for the missing Grover Cleveland card to complete his set of president cards. Here are nine stories by Robert Cormier, one of the most gifted writers of young adult fiction today; stories that are warm, touching, and intensely personal--to be savored by readers of all ages.

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