The chocolate war [sound recording (CD)] / Robert Cormier.
A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies.
Record details
- ISBN: 0739350153 (s.r.)
- ISBN: 9780739350157 (s.r.)
- Physical Description: 5 sound discs (5 hr., 38 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Audio Pub., p1988.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Compact discs (DDD) Unabridged. "Listening Library." "With an introduction read by the author"--Container. 10-digit ISBN from Books in Print. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Frank Muller. |
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| Subject: | High schools > Fiction Bullying > Fiction Children's audiobooks |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
Jerry Renault, a high-school freshman who refuses to participate in the Trinity School annual fund-raising chocolate sale, is forced to defend his convictions. Read by Frank Muller. Book available. - Baker & Taylor
A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund-raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies. - Random House, Inc.
One of the most controversial YA novels of all time, The Chocolate War is a modern masterpiece that speaks to fans of S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders and John Knowles’s A Separate Peace.
After suffering rejection from seven major publishers, The Chocolate War made its debut in 1974, and quickly became a bestselling—and provocative—classic for young adults. This chilling portrait of an all-boys prep school casts an unflinching eye on the pitfalls of conformity and corruption in our most elite cultural institutions.
“Masterfully structured and rich in theme; the action is well crafted, well timed, suspenseful.”—The New York Times Book Review
“[Frank] Muller's mesmerizing narration underlines Jerry's frustrations with sports, school, family, and life. He captures the tone and cadences of the male cast, from Jerry's growing disillusionment and Archie's sly intimidation to the chilling menace in Brother Leon's voice…ln his foreword, Cormier admits he wrote this for adults, not knowing that writing for young adults was even a possibility. Yet it has become a controversial and often banned YA classic, rich in themes—bullying, fitting in versus being true to oneself, dealing with peer pressure—that resonate as profoundly today as they did when this was published, in 1974.”—Booklist, starred review
“The characterizations of all the boys are superb.”—School Library Journal, starred review
“Compellingly immediate. . . . Readers will respect the uncompromising ending.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice
A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year
