I am the Cheese
By (Author) Robert Cormier
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Penguin Books Ltd
30th August 2001
30th July 1998
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
813.54
Paperback
240
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 15mm
200g
Adam's father is in hospital and Adam has set off to visit him. It's a long, cold journey; as he travels along Adam gets tired and. To take his mind off his exhaustion, he traces the events that led up to his father being taken to hospital. He had testified against government level corruption and the family became the subject of a government-orchestrated protection plan. The journey is a kind of odyssey, a search - through the mysteries of the mind. Adam must unlock the past and really rememberit if he is to survive.
Robert Cormier, formerly a journalist, now concentrates on writing fiction. He has published many fine novels for young adults and is known for his devastatingly truthful writing. He is an award-winner in the US and was recently shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. Robert Cormier lives in Massachusetts.