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5. The Chocolate War《巧克力战争》1974年

作者：(美)罗伯特·科米尔

[梗概]

杰瑞·雷诺思索着海报上的一行字：我敢不敢撼动这宇宙？在一年一度的校筹款会上，杰瑞拒绝贩卖巧克力的行为也许不算激进，但当他与学校里一个叫"守夜会"的秘密学社为敌时，他的抗争才真正演变成一场全面战争。

Jerry Renault ponders the question on the poster: Do I dare disturb the universe? Refusing to sell chocolates in the annual school fund-raiser may not seem like a radical thing to do. But when Jerry challenges a secret school society called The Vigils, his defiant act turns into an all-out war.

[简评]

--本书有力地说明了，要坚持你所信奉的，即使是一个人在战斗。——读者凯特

It's a powerful lesson about standing by what you believe in, even if you must do so alone. - Reader Kat

--世界是险恶的，你无法改变这个现实。努力反抗才是你最重要的出路。——本书作者罗伯特·科米尔

The world is evil and there's nothing you can do about it. Trying to fight against it is the most important thing you can do. - Robert Cormier, author of this book

[精彩片段]

--他厌恶自己的生活以这种方式继续下去，漫长的还过得去的日日夜夜——不算好，不算坏，不算伟大，不算堕落，不算激动人心，什么都不算。

He hated to think of his own life stretching ahead of him that way, a long succession of days and nights that were fine - not good, not bad, not great, not lousy, not exciting, not anything.

--不在于你的块头有多大，而在于你怎样运用你的身体。

It doesn't matter how big the body, it's what you do with it.