Alyssa O'Brien's letter to Robert Cormier

Alyssa O'Brien's letter to Robert Cormier

In this three-page, handwritten letter by 12-year-old Alyssa O'Brien, the reader is introduced to a thoughtful young woman who has read several of Cormier's books twice or more in the interest of better understanding a book as time goes by. That she has a well-developed and agentive literate life is evident in her introduction where she identifies not only as a reader but as a writer. Furthermore, she carefully outlined a plan to introduce her friend, Chrissy, to Cormier's books. Her intent is to build Chrissy's readerly strength by prescribing an order - 8+1, and on finally ending with After The First Death at the very end.

Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library

13 April 1985

Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo

JPG, 8.5 x 11 lined paper

English