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Customer Reviews The Aspects of an Intriguing Novel The book the Rag and Bone Shop, by Robert Cormier is an intriguing, suspenseful book that keeps you guessing until the very end. Twelve year-old Jason Dorrant has trouble fitting in at his school or with kids his age. Being an unpopular child he is striving to find someone to hang out with or be friends with and one of his options is hanging out with 7 year-old Alicia Bartlett, who is a mature child that loves to do jigsaw puzzles with Jason. One summer afternoon after Jason left Alicia's house he finds out that Alicia was brutally murdered about at the time he left. Having no leads, or evidence, the police assume Jason is the only possible suspect and to make things worse Jason has no alibi. So an interrogator is called to jostle a confession out of Jason because this case would never last in court with out evidence and the public was beginning to feel uneasy about a murderer on the loose. Everyone was accusing Jason of being the murderer and it is kind of ironic that Jason was the last person to see Alicia except for the murderer, unless of course Jason is the murderer. I really enjoyed this well written book. I liked the writing style that Robert Cormier brought out because it was easy but descriptive novel. I also liked how it had just enough character description to keep you interested but you were not overloaded with facts about each individual character. I also enjoyed how Jason was clueless of what was going on throughout most of the book. One of the most intriguing parts of the book for me though was the way the author was able to show the mind of an interrogator so well. Although this book was an interesting, well-written book there were aspects of The Rag and Bone Shop that I did not enjoy. I did not enjoy how the reader never met darling Alicia because then I did not get a great since of her character. I also did not enjoy how there was a very slow long beginning and middle and then it ended all of a sudden with out very much detail as of why it ended the way it did. The ending having to do with Jason did not fit his character either and I think that Cormier could have done better with showing his character differently, maybe even using foreshadowing. Other than these main aspects I would give this book an excellent grade. a good summer read this book caught my attention and i had to read it. and to my delight found it a wonderful mistery story and a story about the corruption of police investagators and the sadness of a very outsider boy. very good story for teens. READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!! If you like mystery then this book is for you. This Book is by far one of the best books that I have read in a while. I would suggest that you read this book and tell other people about it. Here is the basic laydown of the book: There is this kid named Jason who lives across the street from this girl named Alicia who gets murdered just minutes after Jason had left her house, now the police think that he could be a possible suspect on the killings of this girl. Does Jason end up guilty or does it remain a mystery? You will have to read the book and find out(don't want to spoil the end for you)!!!!!!!

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