Crash

Resource Information

The work Crash represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Crash

Statement of responsibility

Jerry Spinelli

Creator

• trueSpinelli, Jerry

Author

• trueSpinelli, Jerry

Subject

• trueSeventh-grade boys
• trueAggressiveness (Psychology)
• Attitude change -- Juvenile fiction
• trueBoys
• trueBullies and bullying
• Bullying -- Juvenile fiction
• Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients | Family relationships -- Juvenile fiction
• Choice (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueCompassion
• trueCompassion in boys
• Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
• trueEmpathy
• trueEmpathy in boys
• Families -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFriendship
• Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
• trueGrandfathers
• Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction
• trueRacing
• Leveled reading level V
• trueYoung adult fiction
• trueStrokes

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Young adult fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Pace

• trueFast-paced

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueFunny

Character

• trueWell-developed

Award

• Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Intermediate, 2000.
• Indian Paintbrush Book Award (Wyoming), 1998.
• Iowa Teen Award, 1999.
• Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 1998.
• Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award (Minnesota), Division II (Grades 6-8), 1999.
• North Carolina Children's Book Award, Junior Books category, 2000.
• Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, Grades 6-8, 1999.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 1996.
• South Carolina Book Award, Junior Books, 1999.
• Virginia Readers' Choice Award for Middle School, 1999.
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 1997

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

HL560L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

MG

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 7

Reading level

3.6

Study program name

Accelerated Reader

Target audience

adolescent