The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier Lately, I've been reading a lot of books that fall into the young adult category. The following is an award winning book by Robert Cormier called the Chocolate War . Jerry Renault is a student at Trinity High School, a private, all-male Catholic school in the New England area. Jerry is on the freshman football team; quarterback. His mother recently passed away, and his life has been off-kilter ever since, however even this event is nothing compared to what is about to happen. Archie Costello is the Assigner in a secret school organization called The Vigils. The Vigils maintain order among the students, giving them assignments to carry out, usually inflicting some humiliation upon teachers and students alike. The Vigils run an almost underground resistance to the teachers, and while the Brothers acknowledge their existence, they treat the Vigils as taboo and are unwilling to discuss the organization. Archie is in a position