The Chocolate War

Started this book because it appeared on banned book lists, and what better award? I was totally surprised by the rawness of it, its description of the turmoil and cruelty of adolescence and the sadistic part of some school as well as teacher-student relationships. It reminded me a lot of the Dead Poets Society, by its settings and characters, but by including a raw violence that is mostly rampant in the Dead Poets Society. This is a great book with quite an array of character that demonstrates a brutal but quite true view of adolescence and harassment.