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Chris Crutcher

Chris Crutcher has written nine critically acclaimed novels, an autobiography, and two collections of short stories. He has won three lifetime achievement awards for the body of his work: the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Outstanding Literature for Young Adults, the ALAN Award for a Significant Contribution to Adolescent Literature, and the NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award.

He has been a child and family therapist with the Spokane Community Mental Health Center and is currently chairperson of the Spokane Child Protection Team. Chris Crutcher lives in Spokane, Washington.


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Angry Management Angry Management
Welcome to Angry Management It’s a place for misfits. For stories that...
Deadline Deadline
Ben Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. Had big things...
Athletic Shorts Athletic Shorts
These six stories from acclaimed author Chris Crutcher are about athletes...

Essay

Dear Readers,

Deadline is the story of a young man forced to discover who he is, and what's important in life, during the short span of his senior year in high school.

Deadline is a story about an eighteen-year-old who's facing one. The big one. Prior to the beginning of his twelfth-grade year, Ben Wolf discovers, through the results of a simple mandatory physical exam, that he has a terminal illness and will be lucky to make it to graduation. When he finally accepts the awful realities, he vows to make it the best year of his life. Easier said than done.

I have made a career of...

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