num_pages: 253
description: Reissued now in hardcover with a new introduction by the author, Cormier's chilling look at the insidious world of gang intimidation and the abuse of power in a boys' boarding school is no less relevant today than it was in 1974.
language: English
title: The Chocolate War
titlecomplete: The Chocolate War
characters: David Caroni, Archie Costello, Brother Leon, Brian Cochran, Jerry Renault, Roland "The Goober" Goubert, Paul "Tubs" Casper, Obie, John Sulkey, Emile Janza
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Teen, School, Young Adult, Banned Books, Classics, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, High School
ratings_count: 44410
places: New England
series: Chocolate War
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers