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Interest Level

Grades 6 - 8

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 4.8

Lexile Measure®: 560L

DRA: 50

Guided Reading: V

Genre

  • Realistic Fiction

Theme/Subject

  • Bullying Experiences
  • Football
  • Family Life
  • Bullying
  • Kindness and Compassion
  • Leadership and Responsibility
  • Manners and Conduct
  • Friends and Friendship
  • School Life

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About This Book

Crash Coogan, a seventh-grade football star, has been an aggressive person from the time he was very young; sometimes, he is too aggressive. He enjoys his rough, macho behavior until he meets an unusual neighbor who forces him to think about his life and his way of treating others.

A rare glimpse into the life of a bully in an unforgettable story about stereotypes and surprises.

Praise for Crash

"Spinelli's fast-paced, lively novel is great fun to read." — Horn Book

About the Authors or Illustrators

Jerry Spinelli's biography
Jerry Spinelli
Jerry Spinelli won the Newbery Medal for Maniac Magee, the sixth of his more than fifteen acclaimed books for young readers. Growing up, he wanted to be a shortstop in the majors long before it occurred to him to be a writer. Crash came out of his desire to include the beloved PennRelays of his home state of Pennsylvania in a book. And, of course, to show the world a little bit about athletes and what makes some of them tick.
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