Chris Crutcher
1) Period 8
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Period 8 has always been a safe haven and high school senior Paulie "The Bomb" Baum a constant attendee, but as Paulie, Hannah, their friends, and a sympathetic teacher try to unravel the mystery of a missing classmate, the ultimate bully takes aim at the school.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"When it comes to family, Annie is in the losers bracket. While her foster parents are great (mostly), her birth family would not have been her first pick. And no matter how many times Annie tries to write them out of her life, she always gets sucked back into their drama. Love is like that. But when a family argument breaks out at Annie's swim meet and her nephew goes missing, Annie might be the only one who can get him back. With help from her friends,...
4) Deadline
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos."
5) Whale talk
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to answer a friend's dramatic cry for help.
7) Ironman
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTempest
Pub. Date
2004, c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
While training for a triathlon, seventeen-year-old Bo attends an anger management group at school which leads him to examine his relationship with his father.
9) Stotan!
Author
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell
Pub. Date
1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Stotan: A cross between a Stoic and a Spartan. It's the last swimming season for Walker, Nortie, Lion, and Jeff, and their coach is building their self-discipline in a grueling four-hour-a-day test of stamina designed to bring them to the outer edge of their capabilities. As it turns out, Stotan Week is also the week in which secrets are revealed, and the four friends must draw upon their new strengths for an endurance they never knew they'd need....
Author
Publisher
Dell Publishing
Pub. Date
1988, c1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Willie Weaver used to be a hero. Now he's nothing. Willie is a top athlete, the star of the legendary game against Crazy Horse Electric. Then a freak accident robs him of his once-amazing physical talents. Betrayed by his family, his girlfriend, and his own body, Willie's on the run, penniless and terrified on the streets, where he must fight to rebuild both his body and his life.
11) Running loose
Author
Publisher
Dell Publ. Co
Pub. Date
1986, c1983
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Louie Banks has it made. He's got a starting spot on the football team, good friends, and a smart, beautiful girlfriend who loves him as much as he loves her. Early in the fall, he sees all his ideas of fair play go up in smoke; by spring, what he cares about most has been destroyed. How can Louie keep going when he's lost everything?
12) Angry management
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A collection of short stories featuring characters from earlier books by Chris Crutcher.