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The Chocolate War (Lions S.) - Community Reviews back

by Robert Cormier
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mollysmommyreads
mollysmommyreads rated it 15 years ago
I originally read this when I was in school so I wanted to read it again as an adult. It's still just as good as it was when I was in 10th grade.
My Reading Life
My Reading Life rated it 15 years ago
The ultimate story of peer pressure and what happens when one teenage boy tries to make a stand. A great book that has been on many banned books lists. Why is it that we are afraid of the truth?
The Librariest
The Librariest rated it 17 years ago
I wish I could give it fewer than one! But then you knew that.
lonesomepoint
lonesomepoint rated it 25 years ago
I'm not sure I need to review this extensively, because many have. I just want to say: I read this with a horrified fascination. Read it only if you have a strong stomach (or, at least, not a weak one). Because it is the ugliest, most nihilistic novel I've ever read. If Satan were a book, he would b...
eshchory
eshchory rated it 44 years ago
I read this in 7th grade when my English teacher decided I needed some literary guidance as my reading level was way above the set books.It wasn't the book he recommended but I knew it was my type of book just from the blurb.It is one of those book that you never forget, it makes no attempt to sugar...
jessysbookends
jessysbookends rated it 56 years ago
The first thing that grabbed my attention was the male point of view. The author is always direct while creating a concrete depiction of the world surrounding the protagonist. The protagonist develops a sense of purpose and a necessity to impact the world he lives in, in exchange, he is ostracized...
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