1: A Book Worth Reading
Denny Colbert is just an average teenage boy. His father was, too, until he was involved in the terrible event of a collapsing balcony, killing twenty-two children. Denny's father receives hate letters, and disturbing phone calls day and night. He has never done anything about the phone calls, he just listens patiently to the angry voice, and then hangs up. Because of the hate in the phone calls, Denny is never allowed to answer the phone. Wanting to just be a regular teenage boy, Denny breaks the rules and answers the telephone. With the nearing anniversary of the balcony collapse, Denny is troubled with interviews about his father, a beautiful girl who rides his bus, and the addictive caller who might become deadly trouble.
Robert Comier was an author who liked to show how hard teenage life can be. I think he accomplished that in this book. He showed some things that go on in teenagers' heads. The book was not as believable as it could have been; this sort of thing does not happen to most people, but it is a good book. "In The Middle of The Night" is suspenseful and plot twisting. I would recommend it to any reader who likes an adventurous mystery. Robert Cormier died on November 2, 2000.
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