Campbell, Patricia J. Presenting Robert Cormier. Boston: Hall, 1989 (updated edition). First book-length study of Cormier's work, contains a chapter on Fade unavailable in the 1985 origi3115 nal edition, a helpful genealogy of the Roget family, and an extensive bibliography.
Cormier, Robert. "Creating Fade." Horn Book 65 (1989): 166-173. Provides a background for the writing of Fade, including its impetus, autobiographical elements, and some problems encountered in the writing.
Gallo, Donald R. "Reality and Responsibility: The Continuing Controversy over Robert Cormier's Books for Young Adults." Voice of Youth Advocates 7 (1984): 245-247. (Reprinted in The VOYA Reader. Edited by Dorothy M. Broderick. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1990: 153-160.) Examines reasons for controversy about some of Cormier's novels, but published prior to Fade.
Iskander, Sylvia Patterson. "Readers, Realism, and Robert Cormier." Children's Literature 15 (1987):.....
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