Tenderness Contributor(s): Cormier, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385731337 ISBN-13: 9780385731331 Publisher: Rh Childrens Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD ERIC HAS just been released from juvenile detention for murdering his mother and stepfather. Now he's looking for some tenderness--tenderness he finds in caressing and killing beautiful girls. Fifteen-year-old Lori has run away from home again. Emotionally naive but sexually precocious, she is also looking for tenderness--tenderness she finds in Eric. Will Lori and Eric be each other's salvation or destruction? "Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."--"School Library Journal, Starred "An "ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Runaways - Young Adult Fiction | Law & Crime - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Violence |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 890 |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.19" W x 8.03" (0.39 lbs) 240 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 14778 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD ERIC HAS just been released from juvenile detention for murdering his mother and stepfather. Now he's looking for some tenderness--tenderness he finds in caressing and killing beautiful girls. Fifteen-year-old Lori has run away from home again. Emotionally naive but sexually precocious, she is also looking for tenderness--tenderness she finds in Eric. Will Lori and Eric be each other's salvation or destruction? "Cormier is in top form in this chilling portrait of a serial murderer. . . . Gripping."--School Library Journal, Starred An ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults |