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Beyond the Chocolate War
First edition
Author	Robert Cormier
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Young adult novel
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf
Publication date	1985
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	253 pp
ISBN	0-394-87343-2
OCLC	11261946
LC Class	PZ7.C81634 Be 1985
Preceded by	The Chocolate War

Beyond the Chocolate War is the sequel to the award-winning book The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. The sequel received an Honor List citation from the Horn Book Magazine in 1986.^[1]

New characters

A few new characters are added to the plot here in Beyond the Chocolate War:

Ray Bannister - A new transfer student at Trinity who takes an interest in magic tricks. Obie originally intended to simply give him an "assignment" from The Vigils but later develops a genuine friendship with him. Later, Obie plans to use Ray to get revenge on Archie.
Laurie Gundarson - Another student who is Obie's girlfriend but Bunting ruins their relationship by almost raping her in a parking lot.
Bunting - New member of The Vigils who looks up to Archie and aspires to succeed him as Assigner. Eventually goes as far as trying to rape Obie's girlfriend Laurie Gundarson to prove his loyalty to Archie.
Cornacchio - New member of The Vigils. Follows orders from Bunting.
Harley - New member of The Vigils. Follows orders from Bunting.
The Bishop - Planned to give a speech at Trinity but cancelled. The Vigils planned a prank of no one attending the speech, which would have happened if the Bishop had not cancelled.

References

^ Bernard A. Drew. The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies. Revised Edition. Libraries Unlimited, 1997. ISBN 978-1-56308-615-1; p. 79

Novels by Robert Cormier

Now and At the Hour (1960)
A Little Raw on Monday Mornings (1963)
Take Me Where the Good Times Are (1965)
The Chocolate War (1974)
I Am the Cheese (1977)
After the First Death (1979)
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (1983)
Beyond the Chocolate War (1985)
Fade (1988)
Other Bells for Us to Ring (1990)
We All Fall Down (1991)
Tunes for Bears to Dance To (1992)
In the Middle of the Night (1995)
Tenderness (1998)
Heroes (1998)
The Rag and Bone Shop (2001)