Chris Crutcher
320 pgs
HarperTeen (2007)
Subject Matter: death, meaning of life, dying, sexual abuse, self-perception, football, friendship, prejudice, depression
Ben is diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia and refuses to tell anyone. At the legal age of 18 he is not bound to disclose any medical information and decides to not tell anyone because he doesn't want to be treated any differently. He goes out with the attitude that he is going to live his whole life in a year and does his best to make sure he does all that he can to make a difference, including petitioning for a street to be named after Malcom X.
Review: A real life changer that causes you to think of each day as a gift rather than part of a whole. I would hand this book to anyone and hope that they got the same thing I did out of it, that life is precious and there is no time to waste.
Now You Know: there are subplots of sexual abuse that do not go into graphic detail but that may make a person squirm. Colorful language is used in choice spots.
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