Daily class discussions about contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for Eric "Moby" Calhoune's attempt to answer his best friend Sarah's dramatic cry for help in dealing with a horrific event in her past.
Chris Crutcher Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
17. júl 1946
Tvorba Chrise Crutchera je kontroverzná a často čelila výzvam a zákazom, pretože sa venuje dospievajúcim, ktorí sa vyrovnávajú so životnými problémami ako týranie rodičmi, rasová a náboženská neznášanlivosť, telesné a duševné postihnutie či chudoba. Tieto témy sú vnímané ako príliš zrelé pre deti. Vyznačuje sa silným jazykom a zobrazením homosexuality, čo sú tiež dôvody na cenzúru. Napriek kontroverziám, Crutcherova práca získala mnohé ocenenia a je uznávaná za svoj realistický prístup k dospievaniu.
Laurel-Leaf Books: Chinese Handcuffs
- 224 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
When Dillon Hemingway is forced to witness his brother Preston's suicide, his life understandably seems to fall apart. His quest to make it whole again involves Stacy Ryder, Preston's girlfriend, who is left with more than a memeory of Dillon's dead brother, and Jennifer Lawless, a star high school basketball player with a secret too monstrous to tell and too enormous to keep. His antagonist are a vicious cycling gang, a single-minded school principal, and Jennifer's father, a brilliant lawyer with a chilling disregard for human sensitivity. Chris Crutcher's Chinese Handcuffs is a story about a time when life seems too overwhelming to confront. It is also a story of courage and acceptance, told with power and sensibility.