Crash

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Summary: Crash
Review: Crash is a very good book. It is about a kid (who's nickname is Crash)that is into football and a nerdy quaker kid that he hates. It also has humor example, the nerdy quaker kid wears a buton every single day and and says hi to Crash. Crash (disliking the kid) rips off his buton and runs off to bury it. It also has some football action. overall Crash is a good book.

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Summary: Crashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Review: Crash Coogan and his friends hate Penn Webb. Later on, Crash finds out what he really feels inside..................................

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Summary: My Favorite Book
Review: A boy they call Crash was six and he thought his new neighbor, Penn, was weird because he only had one toy, lived in a house that was once a garage, always wore dorky buttons that said "Flickertale" or "Peace" on them, and was a Quaker and vegetarian. When a new neighbor shows up in the summer of sixth grade named Mike, he immediately becomes Crash's best friend. In school they play jokes on Penn and tease him. Crash falls in love with a girl named Jane. She doesn't like him because he's so mean to Penn, who was on her CHEERLEADING team! A sad thing happened to his grandfather. You should read it to find out the ending. This is my favorite book. It is very funny and it took me only three days to read it, I never wanted to put it down!

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Summary: A great book for people of all ages!
Review: Imagine being nicknamed Crash. Now, imagine you got that name because when you were five you tackled your little cousin into a snow bank. This is the situation in Crash by Jerry Spinelli. This is a wonderful book that I greatly enjoyed. While I was reading, my favorite character had to definitely be John "Crash" Coogan. He was the reason I kept reading this book. The pranks he did as a young child were just, hilarious. For example, the time he first met Penn Webb, his Quaker neighbor, Webb had just moved from North Dakota and was wearing a button that said, "Hi, I'm a Flickertail." Webb explained how the Flickertail was the state bird in North Dakota, and Crash just ripped the button right off his shirt and buried the button. The next day, Webb was wearing another button. This time the button said, "Peace." Once again, Crash, tore the button right off his shirt and buried the button. On that same day, Crash also took Penn's turtle for a ride on his bike. Penn did not like that too, too much. Penn showed Crash his one toy-a raggedy, old Conestoga wagon. Crash thought that that was ridiculous, a kid with only one toy, and he laughed about the whole idea of having just one toy. Then, for dinner, they ate oatburgers. Being Quakers, of course, they were vegetarians. Crash didn't even know what a vegetarian was; he made fun of the whole family for being vegetarians. I find that to be the way kids really are, too. Those are just some of the events that occurred in the beginning that made me want to continue to read the book. I wanted to find out what happened to Penn and Crash as they began to grow older and go to school, where other kids might also find Penn a little weird because he was a Quaker. This was exactly what happened to Penn, especially, when Crash met his newest neighbor, Mike. Those two together treated Penn horribly, but the pranks went too far. Towards the end of the book, Mike and Crash start to veer away from each other. All the pranks pulled are another reason why I found this book to be so interesting. I never saw this coming, but Crash and Penn actually ended up as best friends because Mike took a prank too far, and Crash didn't like that idea. Those are just a few of the reasons why I felt that Crash was my favorite character, and he helped me to continue reading this wonderful book. Not only was Crash great, but I also like the way the author set up this book. He made the story very realistic with how the kids treated each other and how they grew up. I know when I was growing up, if a kid was different, like Penn Webb was, everyone made fun of him. As a matter of fact, some people my age 17 still do that. The time Crash went over Penn's house for dinner, and he basically made fun of Penn for everything he did. Which is another reason why I like the book so much. I liked the book for its realism, as much as I liked the book for its action. Although I do think Jerry Spinelli did take the book a little too far when he made Penn Webb and Crash Coogan best friends at the end. I don't think that Mike and Crash would have separated that much, to not even be friends anymore. Overall, the book Crash was very well set up and very realistic, but the book still had a lot of action. This is a wonderful book that I greatly enjoyed. I would definitely want to read other stories by Jerry Spinelli. He seems to be a great writer and knows what he is writing about. I would recommend this book to a little younger age level than I, maybe 14-15, but the story was great and could be enjoyed by anyone that wants to read the book Crash.

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Summary: You have got to read this book!
Review: This book must have meen one of the best books I have ever read! You have got to read this book to understand the feeling. Spinelli combines humor with reality. A terrific book for kids!!!

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Summary: A Great Book That Makes The Time Fly
Review: This book is about a boy, Crash, and this dorky kid Penn Webb. Crash's favorite thing to do is bully Penn. When Crash's great uncle has a stroke Crash starts to change and you just have to read it to find out what happens next! Once you start reading it you won't want to stop! It's a great book to read when you are bored. You'll have to read it to see how good it is!

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Summary: Great......
Review: I thought it was a great book. It describes Crash Coogan, a football superstar. Suddenly in his life pops up a nerd, Penn Webb. A vegetarian Quaker, he has "prehistoric parents!" But it gets better! He's a cheerleader...LOL! In school I had to do a book report, but I didn't mind. It was wonderful!

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Summary: 'Crash' discovers growing up means you don't have to win.
Review: We meet 'Crash' Coogan when he's in elementary school and it is his voice Spinelli uses as the book's narrator. Practically from his earliest memory Crash has always bullied his way to the center of attention and the winning play of every game. After being introduced to a weird boy named Penn Webb [a vegetarian Quaker!],all the members of Crash's family and Crash's jock-buddy Mike, the story begins to roll and the characters take on plausible lives of their own. Spinelli has a handle on early teenage slang and attitude that gives the reader a sense of peeking into an altogether grounded universe where jocks rule the playground, ecological issues grind up against family finances and the illness of a favorite grandfather suddenly brings into focus what's really valuable and worth fighting for. As a school librarian, I know my middle school students will identify with 'Crash' and, hopefully, evolve along with him.

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Summary: Crash Coogan's Adventures are hilarious and great to read !!
Review: Crash is a great book to read!!! I just couldn't put it down. It was so exciting!!! My teacher first introduced it to me. Then, I got it on my own. If you're are anywhere from 3rd Grade and up you will enjoy this great book by a great author Jerry Spinelli.

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Summary: an increably funny book for kids
Review: D.N. Summary David Nihan Summary group 63 CRASH

Mike, Penn ,and Joan are the main characters in the book Crash. Mike is in love with Joan but Joan likes Penn a little nerd who just moved in down the street from Mike.