A high-school freshman who refuses to participate in the annual fund-raising chocolate sale is forced to defend his convictions.

It's 1947, and while the second world war is over and ration tickets are gone, food prices are going up. Then it is announced that the price of chocolate is going up too! Maggie and her friends leap into action and plan a strike against the price hike.

A Study Guide for Robert Cormier's "The Chocolate War," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

Doris and her boss attend a dinner party given by an important businessman. The man's wife just happened to battle Doris over the sale of scout candy.

"Martin Walker presents his first collection of stories featuring all the familiar characters from his Bruno novels and the glories of the Périgord region of France, with ample helpings of food and wine. After a prisoner breaks parole to see his son on Christmas, Bruno must track him down before he throws away his chance at eventual freedom. When a Senegalese man's coffee sells superbly at the market, some café owners become incensed by the new...

After her principal bans a number of books from the school library, bibliophile student Clara joins forces with her friends to start an underground library.

This collection, edited by Joseph O. Milner and Carol A. Pope, focuses on ten frequently taught American novels, both classic and contemporary, that can help promote student engagement. In today's world, in which reading is sometimes considered passé and visual literacy rules, urging students to read novels can be a truly demanding task. But the ability to help students find novels engaging is a mark of an exceptional teacher. This collection focuses...

"Discusses the life of author Robert Cormier, his numerous works of literature, and the attempts by public schools and libraries to censor and ban his books"--Provided by publisher.

The Boxcar children investigate when ice cream and other items start disappearing from their favorite ice cream parlor.

At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Despite deliberately putting himself in extreme danger as a British Army officer in colonial wars in India and Sudan, and as a journalist covering a Cuban uprising...