Chris Crutcher
The Sledding Hill
Greenwillow Books, 2005
Genre-Narrative, contemporary
Iowa High School Book Nominee 2007-08
Billy Bartholomew narrates this story of Eddie Profitt. First Eddie's father is killed while fixing a tire, and then Billy dies when he kicks a poorly balanced pile of sheet rock. Eddie deals with these terrible losses by becoming mute. BIlly in his new state sticks around to help Eddie. Eddie is touched deeply by the characters in a Chris Crutcher book that the librarian has a class of students read. However, the book is challanged by a religious group. With pressure from his mother and minister to be baptized, Eddie uses his quietness to spy and try to stop the book from being banned. In the end the book is banned, but Eddie has been able to deal with the loss of those he loves through the power of his own determination to do what is right.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment