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Title	:	We All Fall Down
Author	:	Robert Cormier
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 208 pages
Published	:	August 1st 1993 by Laurel Leaf (first published 1991)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Fiction. Literature. Banned Books. Mystery. Teen

We All Fall Down Paperback | Pages: 208 pages

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★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 We All Fall Down marks only the second Young Adult book that I’ve ever read and the first I’ve read by choice. The first novel, not surprising, was by the same author, which I read more than a decade ago--maybe closer to two decades--when I was trapped some place (I don’t even remember where) and Fade was the only book available. I liked enough of what I read in the time available that I later found another copy and finished the book. I’d remembered Robert Cormier’s name and some years back bought We All Fall Down. I had not been exploring the YA section but since there was nothing on the front cover to indicate otherwise, it had been shelved out of place. A contributing factor may have the back cover’s encapsulation of the book. It read like a crime novel. It’s part of the reason Cormier had been considered a controversial author. He tended to cover adult subjects in his YA books. He argued: “Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and that applies whether it is a 15-year-old who is reading your book or someone who is 55.” We All Fall Down opens with four teenagers vandalizing an upper middle class house with nobody home. That changes when the 14-year-old daughter returns alone at the wrong time. Immediately we witness how Cormier flirted with adult themes. Two of the boys hold her arms as the leader, older and more vicious, drops his pants. Angered when she fights back and then tries to run, he pushes her down the basement stairs, the results of which leave her in a coma. The fourth boy, the least culpable of the invaders, watches the encounter from start to finish from the second floor. The girl’s eyes find him and beg for help, and he is unable to move. We will follow him as he tries to deal with varying degrees of guilt. The second of the three viewpoint characters is the family’s oldest daughter, two years older than her sister. What was done to her house, and particularly to her room, disrupts her life at a critical time in her emotional development. The final player is a voyeur who had convinced himself that he was part of this house, of this family. He witnesses the entire event and--as he'd already christened himself “The Avenger” when prowling--he swears vengeance. His revenge, however, has a significant hurdle to overcome. As the first sentence from one of his early scenes explains:

The problem with being an eleven-year-old Avenger was just that: being eleven years old and an Avenger.

Because the main characters each carry what seems to them to be substantial and deep-seated anguish (or at least the two that do not consider themselves an avenger do), it’s natural to suspect what follows will be a novel of introspection. While teenagers and angst tend to mix well in fiction, the story does open out include families and, in some cases, the past. There is movement, and through cause and effect their worlds begin to intersect, all in believable and interesting ways. But eventually it will wind down to only these three, initially a confrontation between just two of them, but with results that will deeply affect the third. Which is where, had I not been so invested, I might have had cause to be wary. The other primary reason Robert Cormier was considered controversial was that things often did not turn out well for his protagonists. Not only did they not win, they often lost. Often suffered losses. I felt the conclusion rendered here was appropriate. “Happily Ever After” and “Deep Tragedy” need not be the only choices. We All Fall Down finds satisfaction somewhere in the middle.

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Original Title:	We All Fall Down
ISBN:	0440215560 (ISBN13: 9780440215561)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Harry Flowers, Jane Jerome, Karen Jerome, Buddy Walker
Literary Awards:	California Young Readers Medal for Young Adult (1994)

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Deeply disturbing from beginning to end.

I loved this book! I thought it was absolutely amazing, at least until the end. I know the book was focused on being realistic and unidealistic but i would like to beleive that Jane would have Stayed with Buddy. But I understand why for her that would have been to hard, if the love they felt was real then it should have been able to overcome that. Honestly, the ending made me hate most of the Characters. I do beleive this should continue to be read in Highschool because it does its job of

This is a frequently challenged book (like most of Cormier's books) about a group of teenagers who break into a house, vandalize it, and assault the young teenage girl who makes the mistake of coming home early. The violence is ugly, brutal and exceedingly real. The book unflinchingly depicts it and then moves beyond it to address the consequences of this violence for everyone concerned.Cormier deals with dark subjects in a complex and mature way. So many books for young adults romanticize

I think this was a good book, but it was a little bit confusing, because it jumped to different scenes and time period. My favorite character was buddy because he was bad at first when he did the trashing, then he felt bad and found his love of his love jane and became a better person for her.the theme of the story is to not let yourself get into problams because of drinking,because someone is always going to get the truth out of you sooner or later. i think this book should be tought in

This novel was intense from start to finish. It had a gripping opening that instantly peaked my interest. I was unable to put the book down. Cormiers foreshadowing indicates that the novel wont have a happy ending. Despite this, I found it satisfying. The story had plot twists that I didnt expect, that made the novel that much more enjoyable. If you are considering reading this novel, you wont be disappointed. Definitely worth the read.

Cormier once again takes a theme and writes with such finesse that one simply cannot put the book down. The story is so heavy and your heart aches with the characters as you read each line.

Pretty great book! Had no idea what was going to happen and was surprised at the end!