Maggie and the Chocolate War

By Michelle Mulder

It's 1947, and while the war is over and ration tickets are gone, food prices are going up. Then it is announced that the price of chocolate is going up too Maggie and her friends leap into action and wage a strike against the price hike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897187270
• ISBN13: 9781897187272
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Second Story Press
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A great bridge between picture books and novels for early readers

1947 - World War II is done, and Canada's rationing practices put in place for the war should be long over. Not so, as "Maggie and the Chocolate War" states - although technically fiction, it's inspired strongly by real events where kids began to protest a sudden increase in chocolate prices. Driven by desire to buy her best friend Jo a chocolate bar for her birthday and the sudden increase in price to eight cents versus the normal five prevents that. Maggie has a call to action with the other children which has more of an impact than one think. "Maggie and the Chocolate War" is an easy read and a great bridge between picture books and novels for early readers- highly recommended for community library kids historical fiction collections.