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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.

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.

Some parents found Robert Cormier s unsparing, sometimes brutal young adult novels too shocking, but his critics and readers alike loved them for their honesty, their integrity, and their refusal to sugar-coat or evade real issues for a young audience. Cormier was one of the first writers for young adults to introduce and discuss controversial subjects in his books.