Deadline
Ben Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. Had big things planned. Now what he has is some very bad news and only one year left to make his mark on the world. How can a pint-sized, smart-ass seventeen-year-old do anything significant in the nowheresville of Trout, Idaho? First, Ben...
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Ben Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. Had big things planned. Now what he has is some very bad news and only one year left to make his mark on the world. How can a pint-sized, smart-ass seventeen-year-old do anything significant in the nowheresville of Trout, Idaho? First, Ben makes sure that no one else knows what is going on—not his superstar quarterback brother, Cody, not his parents, not his coach, no one. Next, he decides to become the best 127-pound football player Trout High has ever seen; to give his close-minded civics teacher a daily migraine; and to help the local drunk clean up his act. And then there's Dallas Suzuki. Amazingly perfect, fascinating Dallas Suzuki, who may or may not give Ben the time of day. Really, she's first on the list. Living with a secret isn't easy, though, and Ben's resolve begins to crumble . . . especially when he realizes that he isn't the only person in Trout with secrets.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060850913 (0060850914)
ASIN: 60850914
Publish date: April 21st 2009
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Deadline by Chris Crutcher is about a boy, Ben Wolf, who is diagnosed with a deadly disease and plans to make his senior year one for the books -- doing things he would only dream about -- but tells no one. I still have not fully decided if I like this book or not. There are parts that really stood ...
So, I just finished this book and all I can think is: Wow, that was so boring. I mean, it was such a typical story for this genre. Boy finds out hes gonna die, boy does everything he wished, boy eventually dies, happy ending *here*. Im not saying I didnt like it- it just wasn't my type of book. The ...