The older I get the more icky I find this. He gives them a ride home ‘with detours’. Archie, a psychopathic character, ‘usually manages to persuade one of them into his car’. The Chocolate War contains implied rape of girls at the nearby girls’ high school. Even when he writes a female character (not in this book) she self objectifies or she is murdered or both. Cormier never proved he could write well-rounded girls, to be fair. This novel has been widely banned, but my reasons for the content note are probably different and girl readers in particular deserve this acknowledged: Cormier writes consistently from the male point of view and objectifies female characters as part of his commentary on how awful boys can be. I feel readers deserve a content note about Robert Cormier novels, and about The Chocolate War in particular. This blog focuses on the storytelling: What writing lessons can we take from this young adult story from 1974, banned and beloved in equal measure? Content Note There are many resources for teaching and studying this book in a high school literature class. The novel begins with a juxtaposition in the title - chocolate is sweet and comforting war most certainly is not. Though this is not my favourite Cormier novel, it remains his best known. Heavy in symbolism and discussable themes, The Chocolate War also makes for a good case study in juxtaposition. before his mysterious secret is revealed and their lives explode irrevocably into scandal.The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier was not written with a young adult audience in mind, but class sets of the book found their way into English departments all over the world. Now he has only two months to convince her to be his wife in full.

Though the inheritance is more than and tempting, Richard knows the lady herself is the real prize and isn't about to allow Gillian to deny the burning fervor that sparks between them. Topping her list of eligible candidates is the honorable Earl of Shelbrooke, yet one look at the very handsome but enigmatic nobleman and Gillian knows that cajoling him into a marriage of convenience will be hardly convenient at all.A Marriage of InconvenienceFar from immune to Gillian's entrancing charms, the last thing Richard Shelton is about to bind himself into is a chaste marriage. To claim her uncle's unexpected bequest she must marry by her next birthday, which leaves only two months to find a malleable mate. An Unexpected HusbandAgainst her better judgment, Lady Gillian Marley needs to find herself a husband - and quickly.

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