Deadline

I read another great book over spring break called Deadline by Chris Crutcher. How could it be anything other than fab? Chris Crutcher is such a great author, you have to expect a great book. Deadline does not disappoint one bit. As Ben is entering his senior year in high school, he finds out he has a terminal illness. Rather than go through the pain of treatments, Ben decides to keep his illness a secret from EVERYONE, including his parents and brother, so that he can live his last year of life as normally as possible. I know what you're thinking, "How depressing!" Actually, this book is anything but depressing. It's hilarious and uplifting, and not even close to the tear-jerker you would expect. Deadline was actually a happy book, and not in a poignant, my-heart is-breaking-behind-my-smile-way, but in a plain old, laugh out loud and root for the hero way. Another masterpiece by Crutcher!