The Chocolate War
by Robert Cormier | Teens | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0440944597 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0440944597 Global Overview for this book
Registered by quietorchid of Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on 9/23/2015
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This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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Made the top 220 challenged books for Young Adults from 1983-1999. #4 in top 100 challenged books from 1990-1999. #3 in top 100 challenged books from 2000-2009. 'vulgar and explicit language'.
2000 Challenged in VA, MA
2001 Challenged in FL, OH
2002 Challenged in VA as 'pornographic', challenged FL
2006 Challenged in Connecticut, North Carolina.
2007 Banned and restored in Maryland.
Challenged in Oregon, Idaho, Illinois, Ohio.
For more information about banned books go to the American Library Association page.
This is the story of Jerry. An ordinary kid. No more rebellious, principled, honest, moral, than the next kid. Unfortunately the school he attends has a culture of bullying that has been allowed to take root, and grow throughout the school, culminating with a club called the Vigils, led by Archie, a charming and composed young sociopath. When the school turns a blind eye to the hazing conducted by the Vigils, (called 'assignments') inevitable disaster follows. Jerry becomes the unwitting focus of the Vigils over a chocolate sale the administrator Brother Leon is pushing.
There are no resolutions here, no grand moral finish, just the realization that The Lord of the Flies can and does occur in ordinary settings; you don't need a shipwreck and a Ralph of unusual moral fiber. You just need a school, a regular kid, and a culture of bullying that has been ignored by adults around it. No wonder this book is banned. The truth always hurts.
As for language? 2 'son of a bitch', a sprinkling of 'damn' and a few 'hells'. It's the 'truths', not the language that upset people about this book. Read it.
Fly far little book!
2000 Challenged in VA, MA
2001 Challenged in FL, OH
2002 Challenged in VA as 'pornographic', challenged FL
2006 Challenged in Connecticut, North Carolina.
2007 Banned and restored in Maryland.
Challenged in Oregon, Idaho, Illinois, Ohio.
For more information about banned books go to the American Library Association page.
This is the story of Jerry. An ordinary kid. No more rebellious, principled, honest, moral, than the next kid. Unfortunately the school he attends has a culture of bullying that has been allowed to take root, and grow throughout the school, culminating with a club called the Vigils, led by Archie, a charming and composed young sociopath. When the school turns a blind eye to the hazing conducted by the Vigils, (called 'assignments') inevitable disaster follows. Jerry becomes the unwitting focus of the Vigils over a chocolate sale the administrator Brother Leon is pushing.
There are no resolutions here, no grand moral finish, just the realization that The Lord of the Flies can and does occur in ordinary settings; you don't need a shipwreck and a Ralph of unusual moral fiber. You just need a school, a regular kid, and a culture of bullying that has been ignored by adults around it. No wonder this book is banned. The truth always hurts.
As for language? 2 'son of a bitch', a sprinkling of 'damn' and a few 'hells'. It's the 'truths', not the language that upset people about this book. Read it.
Fly far little book!
Journal Entry 2 by quietorchid at Gingko Coffee Shop - Snelling And Minnehaha in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on Friday, October 2, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (10/2/2015 UTC) at Gingko Coffee Shop - Snelling And Minnehaha in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left on the shelf. A 2015 Spook-tacular Haloween Challenge release.This is a Banned/challenged book released for Banned Books Week. Remember threats to literature are threats to freedom. In honor of Charlie Hebdo and his staff, remember if we don't stand up for freedom, we all lose. Read freely, read deeply, read well. We are ALL Charlie.
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