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I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier | Winking Fig

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I Am the Cheese

1977·young adult

Literary Fiction Mystery

Adam Farmer is on a journey - he has to get to Rutterburg with a parcel for his father. But as he travels, he starts to remember the events leading up to this point, memories which are also being prised out in gruelling psychiatric interviews. What is the secret of Adam Farmer? And what will happen when he finds out?

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I Am the Cheese

Year

1977

Audience

young adult

Literary Fiction Mystery Thriller

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Adam Farmer is on a journey - he has to get to Rutterburg with a parcel for his father. But as he travels, he starts to remember the events leading up to this point, memories which are also being prised out in gruelling psychiatric interviews. What is the secret of Adam Farmer? And what will happen when he finds out?

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