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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.
Growing up, Jerry Spinelli was really serious about baseball. He played for the Green Sox Little League team in his hometown of Norristown, Pennsylvania, and dreamed of one day playing for the major leagues, preferably as shortstop for the New York Yankees.
MeganJo
Posted April 12, 2011
I read this book on the way back from a family vacation to the beach, it was so entertaining it made the 6 hour trip feel like 5 min.! As a middle school student myself I could really relate to all the characters. When you're reading this book, you become attached to all the characters wanting to laugh with them, cry with them, and you sometimes even get mad at them. In this book the main character Crash Coogan and his best friend Mike are the school's star football players, and don't forget bullies. They think they're really something special if they're only in 7th grade and they're already a household name. Other then being show offs, one of their favorite activities are making Penn Webbs life miserable, but being a football sensation isn't all it's cracked up to be, when Crash starts to figure out that Webb has something that he will never have, and it doesn't matter how many games they win. Crash starts to learn the hard life lesson of who your true friends really are.
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Posted October 26, 2008
This book I can relate to a lot. The main character, Crash, is like me in most ways. We both like football and are good at it. We have friends who are good at it too. The only thing we don't have in common is that I don't have any grandfathers and he does. His grandfather was a sailor and my grandfather was a drunkard. He has one sister and i have two but they get on our nerves. There's this boy that just moved in a couple of years back and he's kind of geekish. They always do bad things to him but he doesn't really care. This geekish guy is slowly tearing his life apart. He wants to do bad things to him but not as bad as his friend wants him to. That's tearing him away from his friend. It's tearing the girl he likes away from him because she likes the geek and not him. He's tearing his sister away from Crash by protesting against a mall. And he's about to take his spot on the track team.
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Posted February 7, 2012
This book is sooo hilarious. It is made for both boys and girls and is a must-read. I think the funniest part was when Crash got the idea that his grandpa would die if he didn't get a gift for him, so he gets a pair of red high heels. Even a 6 year old would find a more reasonable gift. The overall story teaches a good and enjoyable moral and would be great to recommend to preteens and teens.
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Posted January 29, 2012
I didnt really get the point of the lesson or whatever. This is a MAJOR reveiw because I love to read and know if it is a good or bad book. I am telling you to NOT read it!!!!!!!!
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Posted January 28, 2012
I loved crash the best part is that it is made for boys and girls
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Posted January 26, 2012
Awome!
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Posted January 21, 2012
If u lke ftbl ul lke Crash;)
Anonymous
Posted January 20, 2012
The best book of all time!
Anonymous
Posted January 18, 2012
Very good book!!! Funny too! I laughed so hard!
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Posted January 18, 2012
Should i read this?
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Posted January 18, 2012
Best book i have ever read. No joke.
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Posted January 15, 2012
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Posted January 14, 2012
OMG THIS WAS THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE ENDING WAS REALLY TOUCHING TOO!!!!!!!!
I FIRST KNEW ABOUT THIS BOOK WHEN MY TEACHER READ IT TO ME AND IT WAS SO GOOD!!
I THEN BOUGHT IT ON MY NOOK AND FINISHED IT!
I COULDNT STOP; EACH CHAPTERS END LEFT ME HANGING AND I HAD TO CONTINUE!!!!!!!
I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS TO EVERYONE, GIRL AND BOY, BECAUSE JERRY SPINELLIS HUMOR MAKES IT A FAST, FUN READ FOR ALL AGES AND GENDERS!!!!!
Anonymous
Posted January 12, 2012
Couldnt put it down!!
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Posted January 12, 2012
Jerry spinelli is a vey good authour read maniac magee after this.
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Posted January 11, 2012
I love this book it all about friendship
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Posted December 28, 2011
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Anonymous
Posted December 19, 2011
I think the book crazh is a good book also i belive that crash taught me a lesson and i think this book is a insperration to all people young and old
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Posted December 19, 2011
I loved this book and i cant put it down when ever i start it again! I wish that they would make a movie about it. It would be awesome as a movie. I dont have it on my nook but i do have it at my school library and i read it all the time a wonderful book.
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Posted December 9, 2011
This book is about this kid who lives in a neighborhood where this kid penn web just moved in and crash (the main character) already does not like him but penn is changing his life now Crash is going from the toughest to a nice guy and ends up helping penn but i wont tell you what he helps him in that is for you to read and you to find out your self. But i thought it was an amazing,cute and funny story you should really read this and plus its an easy book. READ IT PLEASE:)
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Overview
Now available in paperback, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli's hilarious, poignant story of cocky seventh-grade superjock Crash Coogan.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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.