The Chocolate War

Jerry, a new student at an elite Catholic prep school, must face the hazing practices handed down by the Vigils, a group of powerful students. When teacher Brother Leon pushes the students to sell chocolates for a fundraiser, the head of the Vigils, Archie, gets Jerry to reject selling for 10 days. However, Jerry decides to keep up the refusal past the original time frame, which pits him against the Vigils and the school staff.

• based on novel or book
• chocolate
• secret society
• brotherhood
• male friendship
• violence in schools
• private school
• coming of age
• grief
• catholic
• catholic school
• blunt
• individuality
• fundraising
• catholic guilt
• non conformity
• boys' school
• boxing
• school bullying
• power dynamics
• suspenseful
• tense
• callous
• ominous
• herd mentality
• mob mentality
• all boys school
• loss of a parent