The+Chocolate+War

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

The book highlights the struggle of standing up to bullying. The story follows a teen who refuses to sell candy bars at his all-boys Catholic school. As a result, he's physically and emotionally bullied.

This book is realistic fiction and is intended for high school students.

People have been objecting to and banning this book since its publication, probably because of the nearly 200 swear words that appear in the story and the scenes that depict violence and masturbation. The book was challenged but retained on the 10th-grade reading list at Hephzibah High School, Augusta, Georgia. It was also challenged as required reading at the Hudson Falls, New York schools.

Despite the many challenges to all of Cormier’s novels, he remains one of the most popular novelists for middle school and high school. (Scholastic. 2012).

(2012). Biography: Robert Cormier. //Scholastic//. Retrieved from [] June 17, 2012.