Book: Robert Cormier’s The Chocolate War, published March 12, 1974
Plot: Behind the scenes at an exclusive prep academy called Trinity, a secret society called The Vigils dominates the students through psychological warfare and systematic victimization. Sociopathic junior Archie Costello, The Vigils’ “assigner,” plans venomous pranks, and The Vigils force students—particularly the most vulnerable, intimidated, approval-seeking ones—to carry them out.
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