Chris Crutcher
Book Review: Period.8 by Chris Crutcher
Synopsis: Period 8. An hour a day. You can hang out. You can eat your lunch. You can talk. Or listen. Or neither. Or both. Nothing is off-limits. The only rule is that you keep it real; that you tell the truth.Heller High senior Paul Baum–aka Paulie Bomb–tells the truth. Not the “Wow, that’s an […]
Contest: Caption This! with YA Authors Chris Crutcher and Charlie Price
Long before Chris Crutcher or Charlie Price were award winning, YA novelists, they were hippie teachers, wrangling kids at a “last chance” alternative school in Oakland, California. Caption this picture in the comments! To celebrate their shady history and their new book releases, Chris and Charlie are asking three bloggers to help them give away […]
That time I met Chris Crutcher and sobbed like a teenage girl who had just met R Patz
Gratituous Duran Druan PicSAT Question: Duran Duran is to Teenage Karen as what author is to Librarian Karen? When I was in High School, I went with my two best friends to see the love of our lives in concert: Duran Duran. I remember when the show was over we sat there and all of […]
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