“We get crazy when we can't make things be like the world tells us they are". She looked back out the window. "It was that way for me and your brother, I think. I mean, how could I have loved him that last year? I didn't even know who he was. He was way more attracted to drugs and bikers and that whole lifestyle than he was to me. But somebody told me that if you really loved somebody,you stayed with him no matter what. You had to fight for him." She laughe. "Hell, I was convinced.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWayYearsMeanMatterWholeLastsFightingHellCrazyBrotherDrugWindowNo Matter WhatConvincedWhole LifeLifestyleLast YearYour BrotherBikers Author:Chris Crutcher
“Certainly working with teens keeps me up to date with language and with certain kinds of thinking. I often feel like I have to go back to that 17-year-old Chris Crutcher, and that forms the core voice. I can draw on teens from 1964 to 2001 to find a part of the voice I need.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsYearsKindI CanFormCertainLanguageVoiceDrawsCoreTeensUp To Date 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
