Genres and Themes: Young Adult Realistic Fiction - violence, high school, social issues, bullying
Every year Trinity High School hosts a chocolate sale fundraiser. The Vigils are a group that gives certain assignment to the other students on campus. There are other rival groups at the campus that do the same. Jerry Renault is a shy students at this school than keeps out of trouble all the time. He is apprehended by the Vigils leader Archie to instructs him not to take part in the chocolate sale. Jerry does as he is told which angers the other rival groups since their chocolate sale as a whole is not successful. Jerry gets bullied, assaulted and harassed. At the end the Vigils try to make up the money lost in the chocolate sale by hosting a fight match between Jerry and the biggest bully in school. Jerry is brutally beaten.
This book is often banned or challenged since the year it was published due to its themes of bullying and violence.
Awards Won by this Title:
ALA Best Books for Young Adults
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
Kirkus Reviews Choice
New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year
Margaret A. Edwards Award
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