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Thanks to this successful grant proposal, Jason Zevenbergen hosted Chris Crutcher as part of his week long writing conference for students and community members. He shared the proposal to help other hosts hoping to welcome Chris or other writers to their schools or libraries. |
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 At 16, Willie Weaver has known the thrill of athletic heroics and the crashing defeat of physical disaster. A freak accident robs him of his baseball prowess, his girlfriend and his will to live. Running away to the mean streets of Oakland, California helps him find inner strength that will endure any hardship. |
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 No longer available except in rare bookstores, THE DEEP END, Crutcher's first mainstream novel was called "a remarkable debut," by PEOPLE magazine and a work of "unrelenting suspense," by the San Diego Union Tribune. |
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Written for the School Library Journal |
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The Sledding Hill was nominated for the 2007 Rhode Island Teen Book Award. In conjunction with that nomination, the committee created these study guide materials. We post them with full attribution and great thanks under "excerpt." |
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 Kentucky library and theater fans adapted and performed their own version of THE SLEDDING HILL in August of 2006. |
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 Multiracial senior T.J. knows who he is -- an adopted, reasonably well adjusted jock determined to avoid team sports and the flashpoint anger that goes with them -- until anchoring a misfits' swim team changes his mind and his life. One of Crutcher's most moving books to date, Whale Talk deals with racism, disabilities, abuse, survival and friendship with compassion and truth.
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Ronda Hunziger found WHALE TALK offensive and challenged the book's us in Oregon, Missouri high schools. Crutcher responds to the challenge and the unfair treatment of Hunziger's daughter. |
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WHALE TALK Summary, Booktalk and discussion questions, plus links and recommended books. |
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One mother called WHALE TALK obscene and evil, and undermined an entire school's effort to share personal growth and understanding through reading the powerful work of fiction. Crutcher responds here. |
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Letters in response to the decision to discontinue use of WHALE TALK in Fowlerville curriculum. |
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Whale Talk discussion guide and activity ideas and other recommended books. |
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Thirteen thoughtful discussion questions posted on the web by Claire, Charlene and Scott, April 29 2002. |
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Feature from Parenting Teens magazine about teen rebellion, featuring quotes by Chris Crutcher. |
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