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Binding: HardcoverEAN: 9780060850890 ISBN: 0060850892 Label: HarperTeen Manufacturer: HarperTeen Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: September 01, 2007 Publisher: HarperTeen Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: September 18, 2007 Studio: HarperTeen Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating: - ExcellentThis book made me remember why I love Chris Crutcher's novels so much. Ben is about to start his senior year in high school, and he has some big plans to get himself ready for college and to have a great cross-country season. Everything changes when he sees his doctor for his annual physical. Ben has a disease that will kill him. It will likely kill him within a year, although he might have a little more time with treatment. Ben decides he will not have any treatment ... Read More Rating: - BrilliantThis is Chris Crutcher at his most brilliant - and that's really saying something. Told in Ben Wolf's voice, Deadline is honest and real, both heartwarming and heartbreaking. Rating: - Sad but fabulousDEADLINE's Ben Wolf knows he is dying. An aggressive blood disease will kill him within the year if he isn't treated. With treatment, he might extend his life some. Ben chooses to refuse treatment. He also chooses to keep his condition a secret from everyone except his doctor and the therapist his doctor forces him to see. He throws himself into his last year of life. He finally tries out for football. He pursues the girl he's in lust with. He tries to sober up the town drunk. He acts up in class ... Read More Rating: - A fine read.This is the first Chris Crutcher book that I have read, at least I cannot remember another at this time. I am confident that I will read more of his books. He is an exciting and captivating writer. I find it very interesting that he writes in the first person of his main character, but then adds this interesting dialogue with a spiritual character. There is great depth in the dialogues and interactions between characters. The book moved me. This book would be appealing to oler adolescents. ... Read More Rating: - GoodThe book was really good. At times it can get slightly boring and slow, but Crutcher always brings things back up to pace again. It's written very, very well, and the ending wraps it up nicely. Few parts are predictable, having many surprises throughout. I would definitely recommend it. 
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