The Chocolate War & Beyond the Chocolate War Bind-up
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The Chocolate War & Beyond the Chocolate War Bind-up by Robert Cormier
The head of Trinity College asks Archie Costello, the leader of The Vigils, a secret society that rules the school, to sell 20,000 boxes of chocolates in the annual fund-raising effort. Archie sees the chance of adding to his power but newcomer, Jerry Renault, refuses to sell them. Enormous mental and physical pressure is put on him but he will not give in – the result is an inevitable, explosive tragedy. The story continues in Beyond the Chocolate War. As the school year closes, many students look forward to leaving but Carter and Obie, leading members of The Vigils, can't contemplate the future until they have destroyed Archie Costello. Robert Cormier's hard-hitting novels make compulsive reading.
The Chocolate War is uncompromising and unsentimentalIt is doubtful, and finally irrelevant, whether Mr Cormier was writing for adolescents or for adults, any more than William Golding was concerned with a specific audience as he wrote Lord of the Flies, with which this novel stands comparison * TES *
Getting inside the souls of adolescents seems to be Cormier's particular gift * Publishing Weekly *
Getting inside the souls of adolescents seems to be Cormier's particular gift * Publishing Weekly *
Getting inside the souls of adolescents seems to be Cormier's particular gift * Publishing Weekly *
Getting inside the souls of adolescents seems to be Cormier's particular gift * Publishing Weekly *
Robert Cormier was a journalist and author, acclaimed for his young adult novels with their uncompromising examination of contemporary issues. His novels included the prize-winning THE CHOCOLATE WAR and I AM THE CHEESE. Robert Cormier lived all his life in Massachusetts, USA; he died in 2000 aged 75.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141324838 |
| ISBN 10 | 014132483X |
| Title | The Chocolate War & Beyond the Chocolate War Bind-up |
| Author | Robert Cormier |
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| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 2008-08-28 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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