Chocolate Underground
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2008Author:
SHEARER Alex, YAMAKAWA AijiArtist
YAMAKAWA AijiReading Direction:
Right to LeftSynopsis:
Adapted from the children's novel Bootleg by the British author Alex Shearer, story centers on two 13-year-old boys who live in a country that has banned chocolate and mandated fruits and vegetables for daily consumption. The boys discover a stash of cocoa and sugar and decide to run a bootleg chocolate factory, in complete defiance of the government run by the oppressive Good for You Party. Their misadventures eventually sparks a revolution in the country.