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Book Review of Deadline

Deadline
Deadline
Author: Chris Crutcher
Genre: Children's Books
Book Type: Hardcover
reviewed on
Helpful Score: 3


Wow. Chris Crutcher has done it yet again.

What an amazing book. Crutcher has made me laugh, upset, nervous, and almost brought me to tears--all in just one novel.

This novel is not going to be on everybody's recommended list--in fact, I have no doubts that it will end up on the Most Banned Books List, which appears to be the one list that Crutcher consistently finds his novels mentioned.

After the local doctor tells Ben Wolf that he only has one year left to live, he decides to make it the best year possible. The catch is that nobody else knows he's dying. He realizes that his final year is going to be much more than he had bargained for...

Overall Score: 9/10 stars