5/22/2023 0 Comments Twice taken by susan beth pfefferPete spends part of his time in a fire tower watching for new fires as upper Wisconsin is enduring a long drought and severe forest fires. Is a well-crafted, compelling initiation story about Pete, a young Swedish/French/Chippewa boy, who, at fifteen, is trying to decide just who and what he is. It is compellingly done - an engaging and important story, brilliantly written (Crutcher at his best, which is, of course, very good), with a memorable protagonist and a distinctive cast of minor characters, and with truly provocative ideas about school, family, and personal relationships. But it can and should be read on its own, too. Thus,Ĭould profitably be used as part of a larger Crutcher unit. Several sympathetic teachers appear here, one of them a Stotan - another echo. Bo Brewster, a superstar athlete, refuses to play on the school football team, prefers his individualistic triathalons, comes from a dysfunctional family, has a girlfriend with her own troubles, writes letters (to Larry King), and is described in the present tense- all major echoes of In this really outstanding novel Crutcher revisits themes and stylistic devices that have served him well in the past. Clip and File Reviews of New Hardcover Fiction
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