{"product_id":"2026200013758-secondhand-beyond-the-chocolate-war-a-novel","title":"Beyond The Chocolate War: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe halls of Trinity School have never truly been peaceful — but in Beyond the Chocolate War, Robert Cormier returns to their shadowed corridors to chronicle the devastating aftermath of a rebellion that shook the school's darkest institution to its core. Following the shocking events of The Chocolate War, this sequel immerses readers back into the world of the Vigils, Trinity's clandestine student brotherhood, as power-hungry Archie Costello tightens his psychological grip and a new cast of students — each carrying their own desperate ambitions and private fears — are drawn into a web of manipulation, violence, and moral compromise.\n\nCormier writes with the unflinching precision of a surgeon, dissecting the mechanisms of institutional power and the corrosive nature of conformity with a narrative tension that never relents. The novel argues, with quiet and terrifying authority, that evil is not an aberration but a system — one that perpetuates itself through silence and complicity. Thematically rich and deeply unsettling, Beyond the Chocolate War stands as a landmark of young adult literature, challenging readers of all ages to confront the true cost of standing apart — or choosing not to. Who, in the end, will be left standing when the final gambit is played?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160898674907,"sku":"2026200013758-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/aee68940-cdb8-4980-bdf6-9cf0e7fdf834.png?v=1787188283","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013758-secondhand-beyond-the-chocolate-war-a-novel","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}