The book Crash, by Jerry Spinelli is about Crash Coogan, a seventh- grade football player. Crash and his best friend, Mike, can't think of anything more hilarious then making Webb's ( his dweeb, vegetable- eating) life miserable. But Crash starts to realize that Webb has something he may never gain, and when Mike takes a prank to far, maybe even Crash has to choose which side he is on.
Crash Coogan is the main character of this book. He has been mowing down everything in his way ever since he could walk, and Penn Webb is his favorite target. Penn Webb is also in seventh grade but he is not a football player, he is a cheerleader.
I enjoyed reading Crash. I like the way the author put, in the beginning of the book, the first time he meet Webb and Mike.
The reading strategies I used when reading this book is making mental pictures and making connections. I connected this book with another book, The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman. the main characters both faced characteristic changes throughout the book. For example, they both were mean and bullies in the beginning of the book and at the end of the book they were both nice.
The author of Crash is Jerry Spinelli. He also wrote Stargirl. Jerry is a New berry Medalist and is the winner of ten state Children's Choice awards.
