Between 19 it was the fourth most frequently challenged book in the US, according to the American Library Association.
The Chocolate War has been challenged in various libraries and schools for its language and its depictions of sexual activity, secret societies, and anarchic students. Cormier won the annual award in 1991, citing The Chocolate War I Am the Cheese and After the First Death. Edwards Award of the Young Adult Services Division of the American Library Association, a lifetime award that recognizes a particular body of work that provides young adults with a window through which they can view the world, and which will help them to grow and understand themselves and their role in society. He soon established a reputation as a brilliant and uncompromising writer. He was concerned with the problems facing young people in modern society, which was reflected in his novels. Ĭormier became a full-time writer after the success of his first adult novel for teenagers, Now and at the Hour (1960) others followed, such as The Chocolate War and After the First Death. Even though he became widely known, he never stopped writing for his local newspaper, the Fitchburg Sentinel. He eventually became an award-winning journalist. Career Ĭormier began his professional writing career scripting radio commercials. He attended Leominster High School, graduating as the president of his class.Īs a freshman at Fitchburg State College, Cormier had his first short story published when a college professor, Florence Conlon, without his knowledge, sent one of his stories to a national Catholic magazine The Sign for $75. He first realized his aspiration to become a writer in 7th grade, when he was encouraged by a nun to write a poem. He began writing when he was in the first grade and was praised at school for his poetry. Cecilia's Parochial School, a private Catholic school. The nearby city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts became Wickburg. In a few of his books, Cormier's hometown of Leominster became the fictional town of Monument, and its village of French Hill became Frenchtown. Even when he was much older and owned a summer home, it was only 19 mi (31 km) away from Leominster. His family moved frequently to afford rent, but never left his hometown. Robert Cormier was born in 1925 in Leominster, Massachusetts in the French-Canadian section of the town called French Hill. The Chocolate War has been challenged in multiple libraries. Ĭormier's more popular works include I Am the Cheese, After the First Death, We All Fall Down, and The Chocolate War, all of which have won awards. In most of his novels, the protagonists do not win. Recurring themes include abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal, and conspiracy. Robert Edmund Cormier (Janu– November 2, 2000) was an American author and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels, many of which were written for young adults.
Realist young adult (YA) novels, crime fiction, thrillers
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