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Title: Beyond the Chocolate War (Laurel Leaf Books) by ROBERT CORMIER ISBN: 0-440-90580-X Publisher: Laurel Leaf Pub. Date: 01 August, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent sequal!
Comment: I loved THE CHOCOLATE WAR, because of its non sugar coated reality of the very unchristian goings on in a Catholic high school in Monument, and because of the blunt and fascinating writing style. This author is not afraid to write what he thinks. He is not afraid of writing something that might offend people. He writes honestly and superbly. So I had to read the sequal, of course! AND I wasn't disappointed!
This book focuses on what happened after the infamous incident of Jerry Renault being beat up by Janza in the boxing ring when he refused to sell chocolates. As the Goober held the bloody Renault in his arms, Jerry said, "Don't disturb the universe." This left all of the students at Trinity high in a state of guilt and apprehension. No one knew what to do next. Everyone was in shock that they has supported such an event. The infamous Brother Leon is now the headmaster of the school, and the Vigils are laying low but planning to become active again.
Archie Costello, the assigner in the secret organization of the Vigils, wants to hadn out some horrible assignments before he graduates from Trinity. His best friend Obie, however, is not really participating in The Vigils meetings because his mind is always on his girlfriend, Laurie. Archie is training Bunting, a cunning and cruel sophomore, to take his place next year as the assigner. Bunting and his stooges fake rape Laurie, and Obie's life with her is destroyed. Hopeless, he decides to get back at Archie for all of the bad things that he ever did to him and the students at Trinity. He meets Ray Bannister, an outsider kid who likes to do magic, and is interested in him because he has a guilotine that he wants to use on Archie.
This is a great, fast moving novel that all teens and young adults will love. Heck, even adults will love it! The writing style is brilliant, and the story line realistic.
Rating: 4
Summary: I read the sequel 22 years after I read the original
Comment: I read the Chocolate War in the 8th grade. It was one of my favorite books growing up. I read everything else Cormier wrote, until I went to college and "grew up". I had no idea that Cormier wrote a sequel until I came across it on Amazon. I immediately ordered both the original and this sequel. While it is not the book the original is, its definitely worth reading. If you know any teens who have not read these books, it makes a great present. Anybody who read the original remembers the characters and the final, disturbing scene under the lights on the athletic field. The original was about Jerry Renault, but the sequel is about Archie Costello, Obie, and the rest of the vigils. Its a good read, but not the great read that the original is.
Rating: 4
Summary: Highschool Struggles
Comment: The novel, Beyond the Chocolate War, is the second of two books that provide riveting and heart-breaking stories that take place throughout the high school years. The novel is set in an elite, private, Christian high school for young men. Located within, is the secret society, the Vigils and their calm yet menacing leader, Archie Costello. The Vigils assign deadly tasks to meek students, which keep an undercurrent of discipline, evil, and extreme fear throughout the student body. In the beginning of the book, Archie realizes that his right hand man, Obie, is abandoning him and the Vigils, because Obie realizes that without Archie, his life wouldn't be falling into pieces. Thus, he sets up a plan to end Archie's life in front of the entire school. With the help of a new and lonely teen, by the name of Ray Bannister, and Ray's magic, fool proof guillotine, Obie cleverly is able to get Archie to put his head on the block during the last day of school before graduation. With the guillotine rigged, Obie confidently pushes the button to make the blade slice through human skin.
I would definitely recommend this book, especially to teens. The novel touches on topics such as suicide, loneliness, depression, anger and jealousy, all of which are common problems in the high school years, and the reader is able to connect to it with his or her own past dilemmas.
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Title: The Chocolate War (Laurel Leaf Books) by ROBERT CORMIER ISBN: 0440944597 Publisher: Laurel Leaf Pub. Date: 01 August, 1986 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: I Am the Cheese (Laurel-Leaf Library) by ROBERT CORMIER ISBN: 0440940605 Publisher: Laurel Leaf Pub. Date: 01 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Pigman by PAUL ZINDEL ISBN: 0553263218 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 February, 1983 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Rumble Fish (Laurel-Leaf Contemporary Fiction) by S.E. HINTON ISBN: 0440975344 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 01 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: After the First Death (Laurel Leaf Books) by ROBERT CORMIER ISBN: 0440208351 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 01 February, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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