The Chocolate War

from joannachilders

"Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?" is on freshman Jerry Renault's locker poster and is the theme of the book. Trinity School has a very delicately balanced universe ruled by sadistic Brother Leon and separately by the secret student society, The Vigils. The victims of both power players are numero...

from Florinda

The Chocolate War was originally published in 1974, which means it was still a relatively new book when I first read it--and I can't remember exactly when that was, but it was either in middle or high school, and I started high school in 1978. I've read it more than once, but definitely not since...

from br13geva

Yet again, Robert Cormier puts it off with an amazing, well-paced, and smart book. Cormier is an amazing book writer, and this book, 'The Chocolate War' is one of the best books that he's ever written. Jerry Renault is a young boy, and he just arrived at at his new school, Trinity. He thinks he's...

from kacieg

While the book definitely has some valuable lessons and clichéd relatable characters, the beginning is slow and therefore harder to get deeply attached to under the circumstances that I'm currently in. The writing is of good and consistent quality enough to earn a 4. The slow/heavy start is why I...

from punkypower

Ever wonder what happened if Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" were written as a novella? This would be it! Holy crepe, this book disturbed the heck out of me. I went to Catholic school, and could see some definite truth in the heart of the matter. Disturbing, and I like that is keeps t...