Reality Reading

Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War: A Novel.
[New York]: Pantheon, 1974.

Don't rock the boat. Go with the flow. Roll with the punches. Flow with the tide. Follow the pack.

But what happens when you disagree with the pack's choices? Do you rebel? Do you stand up and make your mark on the world, damn the consequences? Do you dare to disturb the universe?

Find out what decision Jerry Renault - high school freshmen, football player, revolutionary - makes as he accepts his assignment from Archie and The Vigils to refuse to sell Brother Leon's all-important fundraiser chocolate, slowly changing his world. Will it be for the better? Or ruin everything?

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier.









Abstract (thanks to OCLC World Cat): "A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies."

Winner: ALA Best Books for Young Adults, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, Kirkus Reviews Choice, New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year, Margaret A Edwards Award

OCLC World Cat Record - Holdings, Abstracts, Further Info