| King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography Contributor(s): Crutcher, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060502517 ISBN-13: 9780060502515 Publisher: Greenwillow Books OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: Whether trying to impress members of the girls' softball team--with disastrous dental results--or enduring the humiliation of his high school athletic club initiation, Crutcher's recollections of the tricky road to adulthood is peppered with hilarious, heartbreaking, and unforgettable events. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Literary - Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics - Bullying - Young Adult Nonfiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Topics) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002011224 |
| Lexile Measure: 1180 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.4" W x 7.98" (0.48 lbs) 260 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 69069 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age A riveting, scorching--and hilarious--autobiography by the award-winning author of Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes and Deadline. From trying to impress a member of the girls' softball team (with disastrous dental results) to enduring the humiliation of his high school athletic club initiation (olives and oysters play unforgettable roles), Chris Crutcher's memoir of the tricky road to adulthood is candid, disarming, laugh-out-loud funny, relevant, and never less than riveting. He vividly describes a temper that was always waiting to trip him up even as it sustained him through some of the most memorable mishaps any child has survived. And how did this guy (he lifted his brother's homework through the entire tenth grade) ever become a writer, not to mention the author of fourteen critically acclaimed books for young people? The frontier may be mild, but the book is not. Fans of Tara Westover's Educated, Jack Gantos's Hole in My Life, and Walter Dean Myers's Bad Boy will laugh, will cry, and will remember. "Funny, bittersweet and brutally honest. Readers will clasp this hard-to-put-down book to their hearts even as they laugh sympathetically."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
Contributor Bio(s): Crutcher, Chris: - 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. |