On a New England bridge, schoolchildren are being held hostage, and drawn into the intrigue are the sixteen-year-old terrorist, Miro, the young bus driver, Kate, and Ben, whose father heads a secret government agency.
After serving in the United States Army during World War II and having his face blown off by a grenade, Francis, a young soldier, returns home hoping to find--and kill--the former childhood hero he feels betrayed him.
A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "The Chocolate War," a story in which a high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fundraising drive; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.
Stunned by his mother's recent death and appalled by the way his father sleepwalks through life, Jerry Renault, a New England high school student, ponders the poster in his locker, Do I Disturb the Universe?.
