The Chocolate War

This book was Robert Cormier's big break in the literary world, and it's the one he's still most known for today. I have to say, it was practically barbaric.
This book is about a kid named Jerry Renault who is at a private school and he's kinda quiet and shy. The school's secret society, the Vigils, headed by this little pig of a boy named Archie, hands out assignments to people at school for fun... and they've chosen Jerry for the next one. Every year the school has a giant chocolate sale to raise money for the school and this year they're supposed to sell twice as much chocolate per student, meaning each boy has to sell fifty boxes. The Vigils give Jerry the assignment of refusing to sell chocolates for ten days. Jerry does this, getting him on the bad side of all his teachers, especially cunning Brother Leon. But then after the ten days are up, Jerry still refuses to take part in the fundraiser, and now he's really stirring things up. Now the Vigils have joined forces with the school authorities to get Jerry to sell the dang chocolates.
The book ends in a horrific showdown of childhood violence.
I found similiarites between The Chocolate War and Lord of the Flies, because in both books the kids are having their own battles and it's so terrible and barbaric. Good book, bad kids, bad situation, BAD TEACHER.