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Book Report Of The Chocolate War By Robert Cormier

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In The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, Jerry Renault, a teenage boy, refuses to sell chocolate. At Trinity high school there’s a group of students who are known as the Vigils. These kids are the ones assigning other students to do bad things. Each assignment that is being given is different.
To begin with, Trinity high school does a fundraiser each year. For this year’s fundraiser each kid at Trinity is to sell chocolates. The leader of the Vigils is a guy by the name of Archie. He assigns a freshman named Jerry to refuse to sell the chocolate for ten days. This is unheard of at Trinity. An altercation has risen between Archie and Brother Leon who is in charge of the chocolate sale. All students at Trinity are expected to participate in the

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