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Deadline Hardback - 2007
by Chris Crutcher
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- Hardback
At the beginning of his senior year, Ben Wolf discovers he has an aggressive form of leukemia. Ben decides to tell no one; he wants his last year of school to be normal. Only, not telling the truth is the same as lying, and it takes Ben almost a year to figure that out. And what a year it is.
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Details
- Title Deadline
- Author Chris Crutcher
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very good
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Greenwillow Books, New York
- Publication date September 1, 2007
- Features Dust Cover, Price on Product - Canadian
- Bookseller's Inventory # EY1-03313
- ISBN 9780060850890 / 0060850892
- Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.52 x 5.9 x 1.05 in (21.64 x 14.99 x 2.67 cm)
- Age range 14 to UP years
- Grade levels 9 - UP
- Reading level 820
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Geographic Orientation: Idaho
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Death/Dying
- Topical: Family
- Category Young Adult Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects Schools, High schools
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006031526
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
- Quantity available 2
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Summary
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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From the rear cover
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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Citations
- Booklist, 09/01/2007, Page 0
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 10/01/2007, Page 78
- Horn Book Magazine, 09/01/2007, Page 569
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2008, Page 0
- Kirkus Review - Children, 07/15/2007, Page 727
- Kliatt, 09/01/2007, Page 10
- Publishers Weekly, 07/16/2007, Page 167
- School Library Journal, 09/01/2007, Page 194
- Voice of Youth Advocates, 08/01/2007, Page 238
