Age
12+
Grade
7+
Robert Cormier
The Chocolate War
Mass Market Paperback
(Laurel Leaf Aug. 1, 1986)
, 1st Printing September 1986 edition
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.
- ISBN
- 0440944597 / 9780440944591
- Pages
- 272
- Weight
- 4.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 4.81 x 0.76
in.