Blog Response #3
Stotan!, Chinese Handcuffs, Running Loose, and Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes all involve intense topics that add to the plot. Talk about the point in which you became hooked into your book. What did Chris Crutcher do to hook you? Describe any moment or moments in the book where you didn't want to put the book down. What will you always remember about this book?
The book I have is Chinese handcuffs. the plot is about a boy named Dillon and a girl named Jennifer. Dillon's brother committed suicide and Jen gets raped by her father and now her stepfather. they are both fighters, fighting to push away the pain in their lives. It hooked me because it was interesting and I wanted to know more about both characters. Chris Crutcher hooked me because it started off confusing at first going back and forth with Dillon and Jen, so I wanted to know more about their stories and how they had pain in their lives. A point in my book where I didn't want to put it down was when Jen tired committing suicide in front of Dillon after running out of her basketball tournament. she found out her mom was having a baby and it was a girl and she didn't want that baby to get raped like her stepfather did to her, so she thought if she committed suicide it would be easier on everyone. I will always remember how hard Dillon and Jens lives were even though they acted like normal kids around everyone else.
ReplyDeleteI feel that all of his stories are very depressing. Because in my book h has the main characters girlfriend die and your book seems to be all about death. You could really tell that we are reading a book wrote by the same author.
Deletethat's the same time I really had to know how it ends too.
DeleteI agree with you Hunter. I too think that all of Chris Crutcher's books are depressing.
Deletewhen Dillon tried to stop jen that jen beats the carp out of him. I thought it helped get the feeling of desperation jen had That she was so far gone, and so ready to just go that she did not think of her repercussion s of hurting dillion. I think that was another reason that also compelled me to read.
Deletedid the father and step father get put in jail or did they get away with the rape?
DeleteI'm reading running loose, and two of the main points of this book are football and relationships. But about 40 pages ago he got kicked off of the football team. But just recently his girlfriend just passed away from a car collision. One thing I've been thinking about was a quote that really fits this book. Enjoy the times you have with people; everything comes to an end.
ReplyDeletewhen becky died it showed how much Louie actually liked her and how he reminisced about her
Deleteyou can see that when becky passes away, Louie really changes the way he acts and how he responds to all the things that happen around him. It shows how good Chris did when writing this book.
DeleteWhen Louie seen Becky in the car crash Louie viewed a lot of things differently then what he did when Becky was alive.
Deletewhy did he get kicked off the team
DeleteWhen louie gets kicked off the football team and his girlfriend passes away i feel like that changed his whole life path and how he sees his whole life he just wants his girlfriend back and feels like he didnt desevre it.
DeleteAfter Becky passes away, you can see how Louie viewed things differently.
Deletestaying fat for sarah byrnes hooked me when sarah spoke for the first time since being put in the mental hospital and later on it gets more interesting when her dad come back into the story
ReplyDeleteYes! very interesting how everything just all got really dramatic and more interesting.
DeleteWas the father the reason why she could be in the mental hospital or did he just disappear leaving Sarah. It kina seems unique that the father is not apparent when there child is in a time of need.
DeleteThis book sounds interesting. what was Sarah suffering with that made her want to be put in a mental hospital and what caused it.
DeleteMy book is Stotan. I don't remember the exact moment on which I kinda got hooked on the story line. I think it was when Nortie's dad beat him up because of someone hitting his car. Like it wasn't even his fault and yet his dad still beat him up. That is also one thing I will probably never forget about this book. How Nortie constantly gets beaten up by his dad and yet he still goes back to his house. Like that just doesn't make any sense to me.
ReplyDeleteDo you think that maybe he sees another side to his father that's why he keeps going back? Like he may feel his father will change at some point or he may be feeling pressured into going back.
DeleteI also found it very interesting that he would beat him up for something that was really out of his control.
Deletei also thought that it did not make sense that Nortie would keep going back even tho his dad was beating him
DeleteI am reading running lose and two main points in the book are athletics like football and relationships. I became hooked to the book when Louie had the incident with the football coach. Chris explained the facts with great detail. Moments where I couldn't put the book down was when Becky dies and when Louie got kicked off the football team. I will always remember never take anything for granted.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book Chinese Handcuffs and i can connect because there is someone that also dies in my book.
Deletethat's similar to me with Chinese but it was the almost death of Jenifer by her own hands that had me hooked.
DeleteThis book sounds like a very exciting book. What did Louie do that got him kicked off the team and how did Becky die? I love the athletics part in my book Stotan.
DeleteI am reading the book Chinese handcuffs and my book also relates to some sports and relationships
DeleteI'm reading running loose as well and i think those 2 plot points are the catching point for everyone.
DeleteI am reading Chinese Handcuffs and your book connects to mine in some of the same way the coach of the girls basketball team has a big part in the book like the coach in yours and there is also a death in my book that affeccts all the charecters greatly.
DeleteI am reading the book Chineese Hancuffs. I was hooked when it started talking about Preston , Dillion's brother, who commited suicide right infront of Dillion. It tells the whole story about how he killed himself. The book also talks about a girl Jen who is sexually assulted by her father, and now her step father. Once it talked about those two things, i just wanted to keep reading to see what would happen. I will remeber the part where Dillion talks about his brothers down word spiral.
ReplyDeletei feel that all of his books are depressing just like mt book running loose Louies girlfriend dies in a car crash.
DeleteI am reading the same book and i also didn't want to put the book down at the part where he talks about his brother killing himself in front of him.
DeleteMy book stotan, is similar to Chinese handcuffs, because one of the characters brothers also kills himself.
DeleteI also think these are the most interesting parts in the book. What do you think you would do in a situation similar to dillons?
DeleteI'm reading running loose and one of the main points in the book is football which later on in the story Louie got kicked off the football team for something that happened at one of their games. Another main point in the book is relationships and then Louies girlfriend passes away later on in the book from a car crash that happened and those are the two things that i will always remember as I read farther into the book.
ReplyDeleteI liked it when he stood uo for the decision and the corrupt part of the sport/school side
DeleteI am reading Chinese Handcuffs, and can relate to people close to the main charracter. Since Dillion who is the main charracter sees his older brother Prston kill himself.
DeleteAfter Becky's death Louie viewed a lot of things differently. Louie views Becky's dad differently because of the way he acts now with his only daughter being dead.
DeleteHunter Fosdal the book i am reading running loose and became hooked with the book when they were running the mile. the mile added to the plot between boomer and Louie as Louie tried so hard to beat Boomer, but Boomer tried harder than Louie and beat him even though Louie and carter thought it was good, he let him win. After reading the salmon river game the book became fast paced and i loved reading it so i kept reading and could not put it down trying to find a place to stop as it kept getting better and better. i will always remember when Louie stood up for what he believed even facing being expelled and off the football team
ReplyDeleteI feel like Louie has always tryed harder than boomer and boomer just plays dirty and uses force to win i dont think thats fair at all. I think that he did the right thing when he stood up to lednecky.
DeleteI am reading the book Chinese Hand cuffs two points in the book are Dillion and how his brother committed suicide and also about a girl named Jennifer and how she gets raped by her stepdad. The spot that hooked me the most was when Jennifer was playing basketball and went running off the quart. This made dillion chase after her and she went running to the water tower to jump off and kill herself. But dillion caught her just in time and the reason Jenn did it was because her mom is having a baby with her stepdad, and she didn't want her new baby sister to go through the same thing when she grows up.
ReplyDeleteWhy was this the part in the book that hooked you the most? Do you think Dillon will tell someone or do something to protect Jen and Jens sisters? If so, what do you think is his best option.
Deletei feel like all of his books are depressing because in your book dillions brother kills himself and, in my book, running loose Louies girlfriend gets killed in a car crash.
DeleteI'm also reading Chinese handcuffs, and this was also my favorite part because it came out of nowhere when Jen tried to kill herself.
DeleteI am reading Chinese Handcuffs as well and I could not believe that Jen did this. Do you think they will be able to stop T.B. and get the mom away from him as well
DeleteThe point in which I became hooked on the book Chinese Handcuffs was the part where Dillon saves Jen from jumping off of the bridge. Chris Crutcher does an excellent job of including imagery in the very intense and high-pressured scene. At this point in the book, I could tell there would be some heavy stuff about to unravel, which in turn caused me to not want to put the book down. I was interested to find out how these two high school students with very traumatic home lives would work together to save each other. After Jen tells Dillon about her mom's pregnancy and her fear of what her stepfather might do to the baby girl, I became glued to the book in hopes of finding out what Dillon would do with this new information about his friend Jen. Considering the first time Jen opened up about her stepfather raping her to Dillon, he wanted to turn him into the authorities. Its apparent to see Dillon is protective over Jen and Chris Crutcher does a good job of making that clear.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds like it would be good to read! How do you think the book will end?
DeleteChris does a really good job with putting emotions in his readings. It seems he also has really high intensity sections in his books. Very similar to Running loose with intensity.
DeleteI am also reading Chinese Handcuffs but I have not gotten that far in the book, but it sounds interesting. I got hooked when Dillon and Preston killed the cat.
DeleteI am reading the book Running Loose and I became hooked in this book when Louie tried to stand up to the coach for telling Boomer to practically kill Washington. Louie had confronted the coach and the coach basically told him he was wrong, so he walked off the field during the game and quit the team. After all this happened, he was suspended for not being sorry for what he did that night. I did not want to stop reading the part where Becky had gotten into a car accident and passed away. This was an extremely shocking part in the book, and it was nothing I expected. That is a part I will remember because of how much of an impact it had on Louie.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds very interesting, what was the relationship between Louie and Becky that it had such a large impact on him when she passed away? How did her passing away affect him so tremendously?
DeleteHer death affected him so bad that he yelled at the priest in the middle of her funeral. He kept spiraling and he eventually calmed down and accepted her death.
DeleteWow, I am now kind of wishing I chose that book. Sounds extremely interesting!
Deletedo you think it would get someone hooked if they don't like reading
Deletethis relates to my book chinese hancuffs because jennifer thinks she can do what ever she wants but the coach doesnt think so
Deletefor me it was towards the end, around page 167 things started to speed up, the warlocks hunted and squared away their grudge with the Dillon, two big bomb shells hit, Stacy reveals her Babie and Jenifer almost went off the deep end but got saved by Dillon, after all this I had to know how they are going to end this madness.
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that the book did not speed up for you until the very end.
DeleteStotan was very slow in the beginning of the book until it got over half way then it started to get more interesting.
DeleteI'm surprised it wouldn't speed up until that late in the book usually the books I read start to speed up in the middle.
Deletein running loose i got hooked really fast because one of the most intense parts of the book is on page 56. Louies teammate severely injured one of the opposing players so they could win. in this scene there was so much emotion and that really grabbed my attention. Near the end of the book i couldn't put it down because of the emotions and all the things going on. I will remember the way the book made me feel, because it really got me in my feels.
ReplyDeletewhat sort of emotions that this book has brought to you do you think will stick with you the most? and what parts of the book have given you the biggest emotional response? was it the aforementioned injuring of an enemy player?
DeleteI think it is interesting that Chris Crutcher has intense action scenes, in all of these different books.
Deletewhat emotions where you having
DeleteThe point where i got hooked on my book was when Sarah confessed to what really happened because it started to get a lot more intense. A part where i couldn't put it down is the chapter that Sarah had written a letter to Eric about what happened to her and how she feels about everything going on.
ReplyDeleteThe part of where Sarah confessed what really happened really got me hooked also. With the whole explaining everything that happened and that was the beginning of Sarah's dad when he first came in the story. It really led to everything that happened after that part in the book. I part where i couldn't put the book down for me was the letter where Sarah written it to Eric to explain the truth. I was so into it also. What do you think did Chris Crutcher do to hook you? Also is there anything you will remember from this book?
DeleteI agree with you because the part where she confessed about what really happened is where i got hooked and didn't want to put the book down.
DeleteOne reason Chris got me hooked was Preston's unliving himself, It was an awful thing but it just made me sit there and go "how much worse can this get? " It gets a lot worse. the suicide and Jessica's issue with her father. Was just the tip of an iceberg and even when I'm 2/3 way though the book there is little to none improvement it just keeps getting worse. It has a lot of mentions of sexual abuse and suicide, that makes it seem like if you were to watch a car crash its horrible but you cant take your eyes from it. In a way this makes me want too keep reading to see if there is an end to there personal hell
ReplyDeleteI want to read this book to see how traumatizing it is. All those topics can be hard to read but like you said, it's like a car crash that you can't look away from. What would you say is the #1 most butt clenching toe curling traumatizing moment in the story??
DeleteI also wrote that Preston's suicide was one of the main reasons I was hooked. What do you think was the most sickening part about that scene?
Deletefor me personally Stotan! has never really hooked me at all. i only read to get my reading done because i have to. the way that Chris Crutcher wrote this book is a literal car crash, this book can never decide what it wants to be about one second, you're reading a swimming book the next you're reading a book about abuse and then all of the sudden you are reading a book about racism. this book never sticks to anything and i 100% guarantee the author doesn't even know what it is about. i won't remember this book because it is bad.
ReplyDeleteI like that you describe this book as "a literal car crash". My book also had racism at one point but that was dismissed quickly and now it's about a funeral.
DeleteStaying Fat for Sarah Byrnes also jumps around a lot making it hard to figure out where the narrator is and what they are doing but there are also some spots in the book where you can't put it down. So, there are no spots in Stotan that are like that? Would you ever recommend Stotan to anyone for them to read?
DeleteI am reading the book Stotan! The moment I became hooked with the book was the time when they were at the Christmas dance. Walker found Nortie standing in the doorway and his face was all beaten up from his dad, but Nortie didn't feel any pain because he was took drugs that Walker's brother gave him. Walker, Lion, and Jeff left the dance and found Walker's brother, to see what kind of drugs he gave Nortie. Then they went over to Nortie's house and packed his things, but Nortie's dad appeared and he had a gun and told them to get out of his house. This part of the book was full of action which really hooked me into the book. I will always remember what the guys did to help Nortie get out of his house for good.
ReplyDeleteI became hooked in the book Stotan when Nortie's dad beats Nortie when someone hit the family van. this hooked me because I did not see this coming so it surprised me and made me want to know what happens next between Nortie and his dad. I didn't want to put the book down when Nortie was going to tell max about his drug usage because I was curious how it would turn out. I will always remember how bad of an author Chris Crutcher was because he jumps around so much.
ReplyDeletebeyond just the themes of abuse, have any of the other themes of this book hooked? such as them competing to finish their swim season strong but now jeff is sick or the smaller themes about racism as they are somewhat connected to the norite situation.
DeleteI'm reading Running Loose and in the first chapter I wasn't very hooked because the main character started talking about football and I'm not a big football fan so I wasn't interested. Then when the big game happened, I started realizing that this book wasn't just about football. It was about the characters and the connections they had with each other because of football. I became more invested when Louie's life started going downhill. Chris Crutcher has a good way of making characters that will remind you of someone in your own life and their actions may even remind you of yourself. I think the part where I am at right now is where I find that I can't put the book down because Becky, the main character's girlfriend just died and Louie started screaming and yelling at her funeral, basically embarrassing himself but I think it's valid. I am probably not going to forget what happened after the game with no one interacting with Louie and him getting suspended. It was interesting to see the way he lived his life after that.
ReplyDeleteI also feel like the characters Chris Crutcher uses resemble people in my own life.
DeleteMy book also started talking about sports, making me not interested. As the book progressed though I realized what the main focus really was as well.
Deletei am reading the Chinese handcuffs and the most interesting part in my book was when Jennifer was at the tournament basketball game, and she ran out the doors to outside and people were wondering what was going on. so, dillion chased her and finally caught up with her and she was saying get off of me and Jennifer kicked dillion and got away. then dillion started following her again and she got to the top of this water tower, and she was about to jump and kill herself, but dillion caught her before she jumped. This all happened because her mom came home and said she was pregnant and having another kid. this is bad news to her because her stepdad sexually abuses her.
ReplyDeleteI thought this part was very interesting, but it came after Dillion's brother killed himself, so i was already hooked and couldn't put the book down. It was very unexpected.
DeleteThis was also a very interesting moment in the book. I wasn't sure how it was going to ended up and i couldn't but the book down.
DeleteI am reading Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. In the beginning of the book, I was not hooked on the book. My book does have intense topics but not until later in the book. The moment that really was the first part where I got hooked on the book was when Sarah told us everything that happened in the past. I just got really hooked and liked this book when all the drama and interesting events happened. Because to me there needs to be things happening nonstop in books to keep me interested Like everything with Sarah and eric and all the friends and enemies at school when they all started to connect and make connections. What I think Chris Crutcher did that hooks the reader is makes the scenes interesting and he has a lot of the things in the certain book that we can predict. And make our guesses about. There were sometimes where I did not want to put down the book indeed. Like for an example when Eric was fighting with Sarah's Dad. And all the intense moments. I will always remember all the things that Eric has learned and all the lessons in the book. And just remember how good of a book this is.
ReplyDeleteI agree with how in the beginning of the book it was not very interesting and something that would want you to keep reading until later on. This book is one that it takes a lot of time till it gets interesting but once it is to that point you don't want to stop reading. I also agree with the examples that you have especially the scene were Sarah's dad was chasing Eric. That was the main spot where I didn't stop reading.
DeleteI agree the first part of the book did not hook me at all but as I kept reading the book started to hook me. I honestly did not know I would enjoy this book as much as I do. I can't wait to find out what the rest of the book will bring. All of the intense parts are very detail and I think it makes the book better and not wanting to put it down.
DeleteI agree that in the beginning of the book it wasn't very interesting but it got better as you kept reading.
DeleteI am reading the book stotan and I was hooked when nortie's dad beats him for getting in car accident. The author hooked me by writing about how it was such a minor accident and his dad still beats him in front of his friend. I did not want to put the book down when walker and lion get back at the baseball players. I will always remember about stotan week in this book.
ReplyDeleteWhy does his dad beat him for getting in a car accident, was it his fault?
DeleteI'm reading the book Stotan and the time I didn't want to put my book down was when Norties dad beat him up and his friends found out about it. He made it a very intense moment and it made you just want to keep reading and the fact that everyone was very upset about Nortie getting beat by his dad made it a lot better. I will always remember when Nortie finally left his parents house to live with Walker so he wouldnt have to deal with his dad anymore.
ReplyDeleteI also think that i wont forget when nortie finally left his house to get away from his dad.
DeleteThis also relates to my book because jennifer in chinese handcuffs was beaten and molested by her dad
DeleteI am reading stotan and the part where i get hooked into the book is were we find out what stotan means and when they start training for stotan week. What he did to hook us in was he waited to tell us what stotan means so we would keep reading till he told us what stotan means. One thing i will remember about the book is how Norties father beats Nortie and his mom and they both stay with him if i was in their position i would have left because they both get hit for no reason all the time.
ReplyDeleteWhat does stotan mean, and is the father regularly abusive or just hit them for no reason
Deletethe thing that got me hooked on to my book chinese handcuffs was when i read the back. it talked about basketball so i didnt think it would be good. then it talked about how jennifer and dillon are fighters. it caught my eye and i wanted to see how they fought. it was like fist fighting it was fighting the pain they had to go through.
ReplyDeleteIm reading the book running loose and i think the part that had me hooked was when louie showed how much he cared about the things in his life at the start of the book and just shows how much he wants to be on the football team. This book is mainly about football and relationships, after louie gets kicked of the football team he finally exepted it and then his girlfriend got in a car accident and dies. He goes on to do a lot of reminicing and thinking about what he could have done.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. There have been a few times when I didn't want to put the book down. One of the times was when Sarah first got into Sacred Heart. I didn't want to put it down because I was curious how long she would be staying in there, would she ever speak, but mainly why she was in there and why she never spoke to anyone. Another time when I didn't want to put the book down was when Virgil Byrnes (Sarah's father) was in the backseat of Eric's car and then was attempting to kill him. I couldn't put the book down because I was curious as to if Eric would get away and free from Virgil, get hurt, or be killed. Chris Crutcher put a lot of detail in this scene making it so you can actually picture what is happening and what Eric is thinking and feeling. I will remember when Sarah was not talking and when Eric was being chased by Sarah's father because of the amount of detail that Chris Crutcher put into it so then you knew exactly what was happening, when, where, and why.
ReplyDeleteI also got very interested when sarah first got into Sacred heart i didn't not want to put the book down either it was just a huge shock for me i just thought something was for real wrong with her. I also thought she was never going to be able to talk ever again. Because that was when we thought she really wasn't able to get words out. I agree with the second one also when sarah's dad being in the back of Eric's car it was very intense. I just needed to keep reading to find out what happened next. I 100% agree Chris Crutcher does very much so add a lot of detail in the scences to get you into the book and hooked. I definitely will always remember those very two scenes also they stuck out to me.
DeleteI'm reading Chinese Handcuffs and in this book one of the main characters experiences rape at the hands of the men in her life. I really agree that Chris Crutcher puts so much detail into it, sometimes so much that it's actually hard to read.
DeleteI agree that Chris Crutcher puts a lot of detail into his books. I think it makes the books more interesting and enjoyable to read. Gets you to read the book and won't be able to put the book down.
DeleteI agree sometimes I think Chris Crutcher puts almost too much detail into the book that it gets hard to read, but at the same it it makes the book very enjoyable.
DeleteI am reading Chinese Handcuffs and I feel like once you get through the first chapter, the book really starts to pick up and get interesting. The part that really hooked me was when Dillon had his flashback of Preston shooting himself in front of Dillon. This scene had many parts that had me on the edge of my seat such as when Preston described the gang rape that he basically initiated in the bar, Preston blaming Dillon for his mental state and Preston constantly putting the gun to his head to mess with Dillon. Chris Crutcher hooked me and I did not want to put my book down during the chase scene of Dillon and the biker gang. I was extremely scared for Dillon and was not sure if he was going to get beaten or not, making me want to keep reading. I will never forget the scene where the brothers murdered the cat, just because of how horrible it was.
ReplyDeleteHow do you think this book will end for Dillon and Jen? I hope they are both able to move on from their traumas and get to a safe place.
DeleteI will also never forget the part when Dillon and Preston killed the cat. It seemed brutal and that is when I got hooked into the book.
DeleteI am reading Chinese Handcuffs, I got hooked in the book at one specific point and after that i can not stop reading it. Although I though the book started of slow after I got to where Dillon tells the story of Preston killing himself. This part got me really hooked because everything started to click in the book after that. The rest of the book has been very interesting as well including Dillon finding out about Jen`s secret and them trying to find resolutions to all the issues in there lives. I think the points in the book that will stay with me throughout this book the most will be when Preston killed himself and when Dillon found out about Jen being abused. These points had a major impact on the book and helpped the book become clear.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading Chinese Handcuffs and the two main characters, Dillon and Jen, have two very traumatic lives. Dillon's older brother Preston committed suicide right in front of him. Jen has been raped for years by both her father and her step-father. Chris Crutcher hooked me because when I want to know how everything plays out for these characters. I want to know if Jen gets away from the abuse, and if Dillon is able to come to terms with his brothers actions.
ReplyDeleteI am reading Chinese Handcuffs and it is mainly about Dillon and Jennifer's lives. I really got hooked when it started to talk about Dillon and Preston killing the cat because it was intense and seemed brutal. It also hooked me because it happened really early in the book so I knew the rest of the book would be interesting. Whenever the story jumped to Jennifer's perspective, I didn't want to put the book down because her story was never-ending, and it got worse as the book went on. I will always remember how Jennifer got raped by her dad and then her stepdad because it is a really sad part in the book.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book Staying Fat for Sarah Brynes. I got hooked at the part where Sarah first went into the mental hospital because it was unexpected and once, I found out that she was in there I wanted to find out why. I did not want to put the book down until I figured out why. While Sarah was in the hospital, she did not talk to anyone but Eric and at first, she did not talk to him. I will remember will Sarah's dad came to the hospital and basically told her that she was fine and needed to come home.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was reading Running Loose I did not want to put the book down either until I figured out what was going to happen to the main character
DeleteThe way Sarah's father was and the complete fear he caused, really kept me locked in because, I wanted him to learn his lesson, I just could not put it down because the way the story flipped and changed my emotions, made me pick the book up way more
Deletei am reading chinese handcuffs is about a boy named Dillion. i got hooked when Dillion and Preston killed a cat by beating it to death. i got really hooked when Preston committed suicide right in front of his brother dillion. later in the book it jumps perspectives to Jennifer's and then things really got even more interesting. Jennifer got raped by her dad and now her stepdad and this is a really sad stop that was a little hard to read but still made the book hard to put down.
ReplyDeleteThe point where i got hooked was when Louie got thrown out of the football game by his coach. Chris really got me hooked with the way he wrote this story, and it almost feels like im apart of the story. Whenever Louie got kicked out of the game I just wanted to keep reading to see if Louie would do anything or say anything back to the coach.
ReplyDeleteHow did he get kicked off the team do bad drugs or just a bad player to the team and did he ever come back because in my book a player took drugs and when you do that your not supported to play and he talked to coach, and he was able to play.
Deletei am reading a book called Chinese handcuffs and the point where i was hooked is where they explained the cause of Preston's death and everything that led up to that point like the fact he was involved with bikers which is pretty cool and how he was going through many things in his life and turned to drugs and him and his brother Dillon killed the neighbors cat and buried it and another part of the book was that Jennifer was hyped up about being a really good basketball player but she ended up hitting her head and getting a concussion and that costed the game and while she's in the hospital it brings up all the memories of her dad molesting her and come to find out later her stepdad is the same way
ReplyDeleteI am reading Staying Fat for Sarah Brynes and the point where I got hooked is when Sarah started talking to Eric and she confessed to Eric what really happened to her face.
ReplyDeleteOou, that sounds interesting!
DeleteI am reading stotan i got hook when reading to the book out of know where a character in my book gets punched and beat up by his dad and i was like wow that was out of know where and wanted to find out more. when nortie took some drugs and all his friends take him in and try to come up with something else to say. That there are 4 kids on one swim team and its sad because they can't ever win.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to your book because preston used drugs and i got even more hooked on my book when the story revealed details about preston and his gang.
DeleteI am reading Running Loose. The main topic of this book is about a boy names Louie who is in high school and has many challenges he needs to face. The moment in this book when I did not want to put it down was when Louie called Coach Lednecky out about purposely taking out the other team's star player. I wanted to see what the outcome was and what was going to happen with Louie and his football career.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I couldn't put the book down either after Louie called Coach Lednecky out.
DeleteI am reading the book Chinese handcuffs. The plot is about Dillon and his brother's suicide, as well as Jen and her history of being raped. they both find a safe place to share and fight their demons with each other. I would say a became hooked around chapter 6 when Dillon gets suspended for "having no respect" for Mr. Caldwell, The principal. From there the story begins to reveal the details of Dillons actions after Preston's death and about Jen's history. the book continues to get better after I got hooked.
ReplyDeleteI am reading "Staying fat for Sarah Brynes". The point in which I became hooked was, when Sarah's dad started coming back into the picture, causing trouble and being a complete psycho. Like when he started to stay in the hospital with Sarah, because he thought she was lying about her condition, and was making threats to eric. The way Chris Crutcher just didn't let up on the craziness of the story, and how after one crazy and mind-blowing chapter, was an even crazier chapter, and jaw-dropping plots, throughout the whole story. The parts when we learned about what happened to Sarah and how crazy and evil her dad, was really kept the book in my hand, because I always wanted to see what could happen next or how much worse the story would get, and from what I know so far, the book is keeping me in this mind blown state. I will remember the book for being very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book Running Loose. The point in which I got hooked to this book is when Louie challenges Coach Lednecky after getting Boomer to take out the opposing teams star player. I wanted to keep reading and find out how this is resolved. I also wondered what the outcome of Louies football career would be.
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