| Booktalk
#1
Crash Coogan is the seventh-grade
football star and he's been crashing into anything that's in his way from
the time he started walking. Penn Webb, his nerdy, vegetarian peace-loving
neighbor, has always been his favorite target. Crash has always been
a winner and things have always come easy for him. But know he meets
the girl of his dreams and she's not impressed by him at all. Then after
his grandfather's stroke, and his best friend, Mike, takes a prank against
Penn a little too far, Crash takes a good look at what really counts.
Crash, the football star, has to choose which side he's really on. (Stacy
Charlesbois, Adult & Young Adult Services Librarian, charlesb@metronet.lib.mi.us,
Farmington Community Library, Farmington, Michigan)
Booktalk #2
Crash by newberry medalist
Jerry Spinelli is a highly recommended book. Crash is recommended because
of the setting the book takes place. The setting is in Pennsylvania
on a cul-de-sac with fourteen houses.
The characters all
have great personalities and backgrounds. Crash comes from great history
of a great navy cook. His name is known as Scooter. Scooter had a stroke
when he was working on his granddaughters tree house years after he retired
in the navy. His stroke caused him to be in a rehabilitation center for
recovery. Crash, on the other hand, the great football hero, started football
when he got his first football helmet. At that time he knocked his cousin
out into the snow. This is how Crash got his nickname. When Crash first
moved to Pennsylvania, he met someone that was hated for a long time. This
person was Penn. Penn was named from the great race that his great grandpa
had won called the Penn relays. The reason why Crash hated Penn so much
was because of how he lead people and of how happy he always was. Not to
mention that he was not very tuff. Crash then met Mike. Mike was Crash's
best friend because of how he stood up to Crash. He did this by showing
no fear of Crash.
From all these characters
a plot was formed. There were other characters, but they were static. The
plot starts off with the introduction when Crash meets Penn and Mike. Then,
the rising actions, he starts to become famous to all the cool kids at
school, but not Penn. At the end, During the climax, Scooter has a stroke
which makes crash care a bout Penn and be nice to him. The falling
action is where Crash starts caring about Penn and Penn becomes more popular
than In the resolution, Penn and Crash become best friends. We liked this
book partly because of of football. The other reason of why we liked this
book was because of the many characters that occur. We recommend that you
read this book. (Daniel Griffith, student)
Booktalk #3
If you like Jerry Spinelli
or a humorous book you would love Crash! Crash Coogan is a
bully and jock who gets a new neighbor named Penn Webb.
Penn makes Crash hate him
since he hates war, doesn't eat meat and acts like a geek. They both go
to the same middle school and join sports to play and clubs to join. Crash
chooses football but Penn joins cheerleading. Many people are friends of
Penn but not Crash. He keeps on making fun of Penn until uncle Scooter
comes and changes everything.
I recommend this book to kids
from ages 10-14. Kids who like funny books and books that relate to life
would like to read Crash. (Mike A., K-12 student) |
