Robert Cormier

A high-school freshman who refuses to participate in the annual fund-raising chocolate sale is forced to defend his convictions.

The Chocolate War

The Chocolate War (Readers Circle)

Emma Hak-Kovacs

“He hated to think of his own life stretching ahead of him that way, a long succession of days and nights that were fine - not good, not bad, not great, not lousy, not exciting, not anything.”

A new sickness invaded Jerry, the sickness of knowing what he had become, another animal, another beast, another violent person in a violent world, inflicting damage, not disturbing the universe but damaging it.”

Sarah Sammis

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This is the kind of book that makes you question everything,makes you woder how things really are. But that's no surprise. I gathered that from the premise, which is why I want into this novel with high expectations. And it did not dissappoint. I love everything about it. The writing style is just how I like it, the plot is simple enough,without being boring, and the characters are relatable. When I say I love everything about it, even the "villains", I do not mean that I admire them,or even that I approve of what they do. Not in the least. However, they are the kind of charcters that I love to hate, to be absolutely grossed out by. 
To me, this book is one of the few that I would not change anything about.

Laura Mauler

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Martha F.

Hardy  Clervil

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Traci Wilbanks

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Sarah Gerton

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The bestselling controversial novel about corruption and misuse of power in an American boys' school.The headmaster of Trinity College asks Archie Costello, the leader of the Vigils, a secret society that rules the school, to help with the selling of 20,000 boxes of chocolates in the annual fund-raising effort. Archie sees the chance of adding to his power - he is the Assigner, handing out to the boys tasks to be performed if they are to survive in the school. Freshman, Jerry Renault, a newcomer to the corrupt regime, refuses to sell chocolates. Enormous mental and physical pressure is put on him but he will not give in - the result is an inevitable, explosive tragedy.

The Chocolate War

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