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Chocolate War

By Robert Cormier

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| Hardcover | 9780756765859

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Stunned by his mother's recent death and appalled by the way his father sleepwalks through life, Jerry Renault, a New England high school student, ponders the poster in his locker-Do I dare disturb the universe?

Part of his universe is Archie Costello, leader of a secret school societ-Continue

Stunned by his mother's recent death and appalled by the way his father sleepwalks through life, Jerry Renault, a New England high school student, ponders the poster in his locker-Do I dare disturb the universe?

Part of his universe is Archie Costello, leader of a secret school societ-the Virgils-and master of intimidation. Archie himself is intimidated by a cool, ambitious teacher into having the Virgils spearhead the annual fund-raising event-a chocolate sale. When Jerry refuses to be bullied into selling chocolates, he becomes a hero, but his defiance is a threat to Archie, the Virgils, and the school. In the inevitable showdown, Archie's skill at intimidation turns Jerry from hero to outcast, to victim, leaving him alone and terribly vulnerable.

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  • BEYOND THE CHOCOLATE WAR

    BEYOND THE CHOCOLATE WAR by Robert Cormier is a tale of dark deeds continuing at Trinity High School. Ray Bannister is new to Trinity High School and is spending the boring hours building a guillotine. Obie, Archie Costello's right hand man, is in lo ... (read full critics)

    teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  • This novel is about peer pressures and bullying on American high school camous, and it is even more desperate than "All About Lily Chou", a Japanese movie ( 青春電幻物語). Worse but realistic, it offers no way out. YOu might be upset to see villains prevail.

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    James Chen said on Jan 21, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • The Chocolate War

    Not a bad book, but I struggled with a couple of believability issues, first with Jerry's motivation (and the intensity of it) to continue not selling the chocolates, and second with the existence, influence, and the administration acceptance of a student group like the Vigils.

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    Readingrat said on Feb 22, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • My favourite book

    For sentimental reasons. After I read this book, my whole world changed.

    But I guess it wouldn't have the same effect on an adult. It's best read when you're about to become a teenager or are a teenager who's still rather innocent/naive (read: childlike or immature)

    I highly recommend i ... (continue)

    For sentimental reasons. After I read this book, my whole world changed.

    But I guess it wouldn't have the same effect on an adult. It's best read when you're about to become a teenager or are a teenager who's still rather innocent/naive (read: childlike or immature)

    I highly recommend it.

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    myorion said on Mar 12, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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