# The Chocolate War

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- Book: [The Chocolate War](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-cormier/the-chocolate-war) ([The Chocolate War.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-cormier/the-chocolate-war.md))
- Authors: [Robert Cormier](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-cormier)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4131-251-4
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2014-05-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The headmaster of Trinity College asks Archie Costello, the leader of the Vigils, a secret society that rules the school, to help with the selling of 20,000 boxes of chocolates in the annual fund-raising effort. Archie sees the chance of adding to his power - he is the Assigner, handing out to the boys tasks to be performed if they are to survive in the school. Freshman, Jerry Renault, a newcomer to the corrupt regime, refuses to sell chocolates. Enormous mental and physical pressure is put on him but he will not give in - the result is an inevitable, explosive tragedy.