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Reader reviewed by Val

Fade is the story of young Paul Moreaux who lives in a prodominent French-Canadian town. He loves to write and throughout the novel he discovers he can fade. At first Paul uses the fade for his own pleasures but the reader begins to notice that everytime he does it always backfires and he sees things he wishes he didn't see. At first I thought that it would be cool being able to be invisible, imagine the possibilities but as I continued reading the novel I realized that it wasn't so much a blessing as it was a curse. Paul is restricted and it changed his life by the end of the book I pitied those who had the burden of carrying the fade. This book like many of Robert Cormier's hits hard on humanities weaknesses and there are times where you know where he's heading but you don't want to acknowledge it. I would most definitely reccomend this book it was unbelievably written and andchanged my perspective!