The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. Less intense than Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes (Greenwillow, 1993), this is still strong enough to carry its messages with reasonable ease.

As always, Crutcher tells a potent, well-knit story, with moments both horrific and hilarious, and a cathartic but not unrealistic ending. Bo is surrounded by a colorful array of sages (including Lion Serbousek, baddest of the bad in Stotan!, Greenwillow, 1986, and now, ironically, a school counsellor who is gay), jerks and journeymen adults with damaged souls-most of whom are groping their way toward maturity. Crutcher's background as a family therapist comes out on nearly every page here, as Bo writes analytical letters to talk-show royalty Larry King, conversations within the group become confessions, and the presiding teacher-cast as a drawling Texan ex-bronco rider of Japanese descent-dispenses perceptive comments about anger, fear and self-knowledge. As both personal test and statement, he also begins to train intensively for Yukon Jack's Eastern Washington Invitational Scab- Land Triathlon. Bo Brewster has already taken years of bullying from his father when his football coach/English teacher tries the same tactics, Bo leaves the team, blows up in class, and winds up forced to join an early morning anger management group to stay in school. Urn:oclc:877887671 Scandate 20111011072634 Scanner teenager holds the moral high ground, but doesn't know what to do there until wise advice sets him straight. OL16070731W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 90.07 Pages 294 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:044021971X Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:02:40 Boxid IA141012 Boxid_2 CH130503 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York DonorĪllen_countydonation Edition 1st HarperTempest ed.

Ironman by chris crutcher