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Summary: BEWARE! -- Inappropriate content for middle school students
Review: This book is inappropriate for middle school students. Any teacher forcing this book on middle schoolers should be ashamed of themselves. That said, this story is well written and may be interesting for adults. I repeat though: Not appropriate for middle school students!
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Summary: My Favorite Author
Review: This book was the 1st book I read by this author. It grabbed me from the beginning. I related to the young man in the book for reasons still unknown to me. I followed him throughout his entire journey and was in awe and dismayed by the ending. I had to read it again and I recommended it to many readers. Great book for those readers who want something more thought provoking in their choice of reading material.
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Summary: makes sense in the end
Review: This is a suspenseful and fast-paced tale about Adam, who pedals furiously and desperately on his bike across New England in search of his father, his past, and his sanity. The story is spliced with excerpts from a transcript involving Adam and a sinister, mysterious interrogator. As I read, I wondered why Adam seemed so mute and withdrawn during these sessions, but in retrospect, after the last chapter, it made perfect sense. If psychological intrigue, you'll like this book. A definite must-read for Cormier fans. A strange, tragic, and addictive book.
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Summary: Wonderful-A Must-Read!!!
Review: Visualize yourself uncovering the startling truth that your life has been a series of deceptions, fueled by the very people you thought were your allies. Your real identity has been a lie, kept a secret for fourteen years. Suddenly your way of life is filled with contempt and there is no one in whom you can put your trust, perhaps not even yourself. These are the thoughts that dwell in Adam Farmer's mind. Adam Farmer is the main character on a bicycle with the urgent objective of reaching the hospital where his father seemingly is residing. Chapters alternate between Adam on his bike, and puzzling taped conversations between what appear to be a doctor and a confused man or boy. The tape conversations are conducted in a curious manner, with the doctor-like character searching for something in his interrogations, and the mystery person constantly being agonized by headaches and weariness. The person is lost, can't remember any of his past, and doesn't know why he is being questioned. He doesn't know who to trust, or who not to trust, including the enigmatic doctor. On his bike, Adam meets with a large variety of people, from a gas station attendant to a very troublesome boy and his gang. However, Adam is consistently intent on getting to his father, and seems to be blind to all other happenings. His only goal is to reach the hospital. The two worlds of Adam's bicycle travel and mysterious conversations come together at the end of the book and clash violently. The sad secret of Adam Farmer's life is revealed, and the mysterious doctor's identity and intentions are unveiled. I Am the Cheese is a shocking story of the barbarism of modern-day government, espionage, lies, and concealed identities. A thrill is waiting around every corner for the adventurer who dares to read this book. A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year, Winner of the 1997 Phoenix Award and a School Library Best Book of the Year, I Am the Cheese undoubtedly will be remembered by its reader.
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