“Censors can make a case for zero tolerance in language. They can make the argument that since we don't allow our children to use that language in schools, we also shouldn't give them stories in which it is used.” GivingChildrenStoriesUseSchoolUsedLanguageCasesArgumentOur ChildrenToleranceZeroZero Tolerance Author:Chris Crutcher
“Deadline' is the story of a young man forced to discover who he is, and what's important in life, during the short span of his senior year in high school.” MenYearsImportantStoriesSchoolYoungHigh SchoolYoung ManSeniorDeadlineWhat's ImportantSenior Year Author:Chris Crutcher
“I don't think I'll ever lose the feeling that I had when I read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' - Harper Lee was going back into her childhood. I grew up in a real small town - Lee's was in the South, mine the Northwest - but small towns have a lot in common. There was such a revelation in knowing that a story could be told like that.” ThinkingRealStoriesFeelingsLosesCommonKnowingChildhoodMinesGrewGrew UpTownsSouthRevelationsSmall TownHarperMockingbirdKill A MockingbirdGrowing Up In A Small Town Author:Chris Crutcher
“Sometimes a book is better than it ever had a right to be because of the history the reader brings to the reading and because of the methods educators use to bring a particular story alive.” BookSometimesStoriesUseReadingAliveParticularReaderMethodEducator Author:Chris Crutcher
“The premise of 'Deadline' forced me to go against my own grain with a character determined to find all that is valuable in that time. I believe this is a story about redemption; how, even with the best intentions, it's sometimes found and sometimes not.” BelieveSometimesCharacterStoriesFoundI BelieveMy OwnIntentionValuableDeterminedRedemptionGrainPremisesDeadlineBest Intentions Author:Chris Crutcher
