Daily class discussions about contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for Eric "Moby" Calhoune's attempt to answer his best friend Sarah's dramatic cry for help in dealing with a horrific event in her past.
Chris Crutcher Orden de los libros (cronológico)
17 de julio de 1946
La escritura de Chris Crutcher es a menudo controvertida y ha enfrentado desafíos y prohibiciones por explorar temas serios de la vida adolescente. Sus novelas se centran en jóvenes que lidian con problemas graves como el abuso parental, prejuicios raciales y religiosos, discapacidades y pobreza, temas que algunos consideran demasiado maduros para lectores jóvenes. El lenguaje fuerte y las representaciones de la homosexualidad también son razones citadas para la censura. A pesar de estas controversias, la obra impactante y galardonada de Crutcher es celebrada por su honestidad directa y su representación auténtica de la experiencia adolescente.
Laurel-Leaf Books: Chinese Handcuffs
- 224 páginas
- 8 horas de lectura
When Dillon Hemingway is forced to witness his brother Preston's suicide, his life understandably seems to fall apart. His quest to make it whole again involves Stacy Ryder, Preston's girlfriend, who is left with more than a memeory of Dillon's dead brother, and Jennifer Lawless, a star high school basketball player with a secret too monstrous to tell and too enormous to keep. His antagonist are a vicious cycling gang, a single-minded school principal, and Jennifer's father, a brilliant lawyer with a chilling disregard for human sensitivity. Chris Crutcher's Chinese Handcuffs is a story about a time when life seems too overwhelming to confront. It is also a story of courage and acceptance, told with power and sensibility.