In these six short stories, he and his athlete protagonists take on such weighty issues as racism, homophobia, sexism and the teenagers essential task of coming to terms with his parents. Some stories are gruesome and violent with vulgar slurs and phrases. The protagonists are involved in sports, but the real theme is growinggrappling with something tough and finding the courage to carry on. Athletic shorts by chris crutcher book cover, description, publication history.
Six short stories by chris crutcher in doc, fb3, rtf download e book. This is a book of six short stories that all relate to sports. In athletic shorts, chris crutcher presents original short stories involving characters from his previous novels. Most of the stories are related to crutchers early work. Though all of the stories got my full attention, i will give you a quick taste of two that i liked most.
The topics are harsh but generally appealing and relevant to the challenges that many adolescents face. The only bad part of the book was that it had to end. This collection of short stories features characters. As with all crutchers work, these are stories about athletes, and yet they are not sport stories. Hind sight is 2020 but growing old gives you xray vision into the past. Six short stories has 6 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace same low. They also introduce some new and unforgettable personalities who may well be heard from again in future books. The six stories each star a male protagonist of usually early high school age with big problems. Six short stories paperback november 5, 2002 by chris crutcher author. Six short stories by chris crutcher online at alibris. I think crutchers purpose in writing this book was to have a few short stories that are like his other books. These six stories from acclaimed author chris crutcher are about athletes, but are not simply sports stories. He also states, that in his other books he lets the reader choose how the story ends. Six short stories is a short chapter book that has six different stories that dont have any similarities amongst another.
Shipping the price is the lowest for any condition, which may be new or used. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read athletic shorts. Their stories are sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, and always entertaining. Six short stories and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle.
He uses the world of high school sports to address issues faced by young adults in a sensitive and realistic way. These six stories from acclaimed author chris crutcher are about athletes, but are. The excitement is short liveda few weeks later, willie is injured in a. And, i would have been missing out athletic shorts is a topnotch collection of short stories. These stories feature new voices as well as characters from chris crutchers acclaimed popular novels, including stotan.
The film is based on the short story a brief moment in the life of angus bethune by chris crutcher, which is collected in his book athletic shorts. List of books by author chris crutcher thriftbooks. This book also contains the short story a brief moment in the life of angus bethune which first appeared in connections, edited by donald r. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Athletic shorts chris crutcher paperback harpercollins publishers.
In these six short stories, he and his athlete protagonists take on such weighty issues as racism. Six short stories is a young adult fiction short story collection by chris crutcher. Before placing your order for please contact us for confirmation on the books binding. Both petey and johnny are friends with willie weaver, who is a star athlete and takes his team to the top when he wins the crazy horse electric game. If the stereotype of the bonehead jock is ever to be defeated, it will be at crutchers hands. Teachers home lessons and ideas books and authors top teaching blog teachers tool kit student activities. Six short stories, five of them about characters from crutchers novels. Athletic shorts is a collection of six short stories, five of them published for the first time in the collection. Chris crutcher a collection of short stories featuring characters from earlier books by chris crutcher. This collection of short stories features characters from earlier books by chris crutcher. Characters are depicted through authentic detail and issues that are rather not talked about amongst people. Six short stories, first published in 1989 and which is listed as no.
Six short stories 91 edition 9780060507831 by chris crutcher for up to 90% off at. That story is included chris crutchers athletic shorts. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. This articles plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
Check out our other listings to add to your order for discounted shipping. E book book nerd boomerang books american library association thing 1 books for teens coming of age athletic shorts. Athletic shorts, by chris crutcher is a book about 6 short stories that describe athletes triumphs. Even though athletic shorts is not my favorite book, it is still an exciting quick read. This is why i read ya books, to stay young, relive the old days and laugh at myself on how i thought things back then were so serious. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. Its a bunch of sports related small stories, and granny wendy would be mad. Many of the book s six stories deal with issues that are common to teenagers.
Contains 2 stories about gay athletes, the first in a youngadult book. In six tense, exciting short stories, athletes face up to more than sports in tales of. Here he presents characters from some of his bestloved novels, as well as creating some unforgettable new personalities, in tales of love, death, bigotry, heroism, and coming of. The article angus bethune from the book athletic shorts is a quirky depiction of the struggles that come with being a teenager. These six stories from acclaimed author chris crutcher are about a. Read athletic shorts by chris crutcher for free with a 30 day free trial. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. The short stories in this book are about people and what. In six tense, exciting short stories athletes face up to more than sports in tales of love and death, of bigotry and heroism, of real people doing the best that they can, even when that best is not enough. Athletic shorts by chris crutcher fantastic fiction. A collection of short stories featuring characters from earlier books by chris crutcher. One boy, overweight, is elected king of the winter ball, just so other kids can make fun of him. Six short stories a winning collection of storieswill speak to yas, touch them deeply and introduce them to characters theyll want to know better. These six powerful short stories chronicle bits of the lives of characters, major and minor, who have walked the rugged terrain of chris crutchers earlier works.
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