![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() especially when he realizes that he isn't the only person in Trout with secrets. Living with a secret isn't easy, though, and Ben's resolve begins to crumble. But the real sources of his anger may be closer to home. Amazingly perfect, fascinating Dallas Suzuki, who may or may not give Ben the time of day. Ironman by Chris Crutcher (2004): Bo is a high school senior who spends all of his free time training for an Ironman competition, until a disagreement with a teacher forces him to add anger management classes to his schedule. Next, he decides to become the best 127-pound football player Trout High has ever seen to give his close-minded civics teacher a daily migraine and to help the local drunk clean up his act.Īnd then there's Dallas Suzuki. How can a pint-sized, smart-ass seventeen-year-old do anything significant in the nowheresville of Trout, Idaho?įirst, Ben makes sure that no one else knows what is going on-not his superstar quarterback brother, Cody, not his parents, not his coach, no one. Now what he has is some very bad news and only one year left to make his mark on the world. Published: Greenwillow Books - April 21st, 2009īen Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. The Ironman: A Novel, by Chris Crutcher, is an intense look into the life of a seventeen-year-old athlete whose strained relationship with his father lands. ![]()
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