The Meat Grinder: A Short Story from Guys Read: The Sports Pages

by Chris Crutcher

Overview

If Devin Mack can't actually fight his father, he's going to fight everyone he can find on the football field.

This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062243577
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/21/2012
Series:	Guys Read Library of Great Reading Series
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	50
File size:	617 KB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Chris Crutcher has written nine critically acclaimed novels, an autobiography, and two collections of short stories. Drawing on his experience as a family therapist and child protection specialist, Crutcher writes honestly about real issues facing teenagers today: making it through school, competing in sports, handling rejection and failure, and dealing with parents. He has won three lifetime achievement awards for the body of his work: the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the ALAN Award, and the NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award. Chris Crutcher lives in Spokane, Washington.