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Deadline by Chris Crutcher

Deadline

Chris Crutcher

HarperCollins · Paperback · April 21, 2009

How can a pint-sized, smart-ass eighteen-year-old make his mark on the world from Nowheresville, Idaho—especially when he only has one year left to do it?

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Who it’s for
A funny, defiant voice gives this high-stakes senior year both bite and tenderness.
Genres
Death & Grief for Teens, Football, YA Romance
Published
HarperCollins, April 21, 2009

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About this book

How can a pint-sized, smart-ass eighteen-year-old make his mark on the world from Nowheresville, Idaho—especially when he only has one year left to do it? When Ben Wolf learns his senior year of high school will be his last year, period, he is determined to go out in a blaze of glory. That means not letting anyone know about his diagnosis. It means trying out for the football team. It means giving his close-minded civics teacher a daily migraine.

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It means going for the amazingly perfect, fascinating Dallas Suzuki. But living with a secret isn't easy . . . What will Ben do when he realizes he isn't the only person who's keeping one?

Bite and Tenderness

A funny, defiant voice gives this high-stakes senior year both bite and tenderness.

Come here for

  • A sharp-tongued senior facing a year with a hard deadline
  • Football, first attraction, and secrets kept close

Expect

  • High-school bravado rubbing against mortality
  • A secret that complicates more than one relationship

Where it sits

YA Romance67%
Death & Grief for Teens49%
Football47%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Stories About Boys & Men
  • YA Romance
  • YA Science Fiction
  • Death & Grief for Teens
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  • Depression for Teens
  • Friendship for Teens
  • Mental Illness for Teens
  • Teen Pregnancy
Authors
Chris Crutcher
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
April 21, 2009
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
YA Stories About Boys & Men