A review by cindyjac
Crash by Jerry Spinelli

4.0

I can't believe I've never read this; it's been on my bookshelf at school for years. I should have known it would be great since Jerry Spinelli wrote it. It has a similar feel to it as Maniac Magee and Stargirl with a message that it's okay to be different. Crash Coogan starts as a somewhat unlikeable narrator, but we watch him evolve and find that even a jock bully can change given the right circumstances. A book I will recommend to my students!