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I am the Cheese

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This is the sample for student reviews.

Robert Cormier's I am the Cheese tells the realistic, suspenseful story of 14-year old Adam Farmer's search for his lost identity. Told from three different points of view (1st person present tense narrated by Adam, 3rd person limited past tense focused upon Adam, and a series of interview transcripts), the novel requires the reader to piece Adam's story together from "clues." The novel is set in the fall, in imaginary small towns in rural Massachusetts and Vermont. The language is generally fairly straightforward, but the reader will be able to find plenty of figurative language in the narrative sections. Although it was written in 1977, I am the Cheese is not overloaded with "old" detail; it is remarkably contemporary in tone and subject. Many readers will recognize the relationships Adam has with his family and with his girl friend, Amy. All readers will immediately be drawn into the central conflict between what is real and what is not. With a Lexile score of 810L, this relatively short novel is readable by any 7th grader who wants to be unsettled.

[Notes: You must include required information: author, title, genre, 1-2 sentence plot teaser, specific point(s) of view in the novel, setting, major character(s), main conflict, recommendations and commentary (1-2 sentences), Lexile (if available)].

Poster project: [include a screen shot of your poster, a file that can be downloaded, or a photograph]

IamtheCheese.pages

Note: This poster is comprised of 3 frames made in Acorn. I used layers to create the transparency and gradients.

The poster was pieced together in Pages. The above is a screenshot.

If you use online art, it must be from Creative Commons Search.

Comments (1)

Hi Mrs. Mac (: I really liked how your poster had two bikes, with them facing opposite sides. What I like about it is that when you see the bike going backwards and you assume that it stands for the past, you notice that it is very bright, sunny, and happy. As the bike progresses forwards, the bike becomes darker, and you can tell that there is going to be a change of events in the book. The book seems very interesting, and I could never imagine not knowing who I am. I think that this book will interest me, and maybe I will check it out of a library in the near future.

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