Robert Cormier: Tenderness

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Tenderness

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... (more)

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“I have a love/hate relationship with Robert Cormier. I love that his books don't have easy happy endings, but I hate how creepy they are. Tenderness is no exception to this. I wanted to take a shower when I was done.”