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product_id: 8307157
title: "Deadline"
brand: "chris crutcher"
price: "€ 20.21"
currency: EUR
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reviews_count: 7
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# Deadline

**Brand:** chris crutcher
**Price:** € 20.21
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Deadline by chris crutcher
- **How much does it cost?** € 20.21 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

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    Was the author on a deadline?  There are too many forced events and odd coincidences for the story to ring true.
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2011*

This, like a number of other books I have read recently, left me feeling conflicted.  The story idea was compelling - 18-year old Ben Wolf learns he is dying of a rare blood disease and decides not to seek treatment and not to tell anyone in order to have as normal a senior year as possible.  I loved the coach; every person should have a man like this in his or her life.  But there was an awful lot of drama and way too many odd coincidences for a town as small as Trout, Idaho, was reputed to be.  Rather than let events develop naturally, the author seemed to be throwing as much at Ben, and thus the reader, as possible.  Yes, all of those things truly happen, but is one 18-year old boy likely to be privy to all this information that has been hidden for years?  The events seemed forced in order to make the author's point rather than real.  There are teachers like Mr. Lambeer, but he took a lot more lip in his classroom than any teacher ever should.The story has great promise and provides lots of food for thought.  There's plenty of foul language, which is pretty typical of teenagers, but the casual attitude toward sex annoyed me.  I appreciate the lack of explicit details, but I would think if you knew you were dying, you'd have more important things on your mind than whether or not you can get laid.I can picture a sanitized version of this providing an excellent classroom discussion, but can't really recommend it in its present state.  I think Mr. Crutcher could have made his same points, probably made them more strongly, had he toned it down a bit.

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    A great read for students
  

*by L***S on Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2018*

As an English teacher, I am always trying to find books that will appeal to students that might not be invested in reading. As I was reading, I mentioned the name of this book to some of the boys in my class and told them that it has a lot to do with football and working on a team. This book will surely appeal to boys that love athletics because a great deal of it is about Ben's journey as a first-time football player. The story has a bit of a complicated romance, family issues, as well as a great brotherly bond. I think this could keep anyone entwined in the plot. On top of that, there are quite a few twists where I would think I knew what would happen and then something would swing it a different way. This is truly a great YA book to add to a classroom library.Note: There are a few pretty hard hitting themes in this book (i.e. sexual assault, death and suicide, etc.). This would be a good one to discuss as a student reads.

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    sketchy at first, but then made quite an impression
  

*by Q***Y on Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2010*

If I had stopped after the first third or half, I might have scored this three stars. The tone of the book was so light and almost sassy while the topic was much more serious. If a boy learns he's going to die by the end of his senior year of a disease, it seems he'd be a little more introspective or somber at times. He also had absolutely zero hints of the disease, no fatigue, nothing. It was hard for me to get attached to him or imagine the story was real. I was also getting strong "preachy" vibes from the author concerning his belief system, which is not the same as mine. I like it better when authors throw it out there and let their readers do the thinking.But the second half made up for it. Several powerful events snag you to start thinking about some pretty big issues, like the power and importance of the truth, survival after abuse, how sometimes bad people can't really help that they are bad--and we can forgive them... I could have given this four stars, the average of the 3 and 5, but the second half really overrode the 3.I'm a high school English teacher, and I love YA literature. I think this would be a great book for many boys because there is a lot of football, especially in the first third, to get them hooked. It's so hard to find books for boys, so I'm happy to have another one to recommend enthusiastically.

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