The Crazy Horse Electric Game

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Summary: Willie's Struggle
Review: In The Crazy Horse Electric Game, a seventeen-year-old boy, named Willie, is a strong, popular and athletic individual who seems to have everything in life come his way. He has never faced any hard challenges that he could not overcome with ease and greatness, until the day he gets into a skiing accident in which he loses most of his motor and athletic skills. As a result to his accident, he must begin to relearn all of his gifted talents, which seemed to come so natural and easy to him before, but are now his greatest challenge. Willie becomes angry and frustrated with his world. He suppresses himself from friends and family members, and in the process, causing great pain and heartache for everyone with whom he contacts. The memories of the loss of his younger sister haunt him even more, and he is afraid to live. He decides to leave his small town in Montana and move to Oakland.
There, with the help of his newfound friends and teachers, as well as a man who would seem to be unlikely source for assistance, Willie begins to learn how to do things for himself, becoming an independent person away from his home. Also, since he has to work extra hard just to regain abilities to talk, walk, run, and play sports again, he learns to value his life more. No longer are things in his life given to him; instead, he must work for everything and overcome obstacles he never thought possible.
I enjoyed reading this book, and I recommend it to anyone, especially young males in their early to mid-teen years. An individual around this age bracket would find it really easy to relate to this book because it teaches about overcoming obstacles and valuing life to the fullest extent. However, all readers of this book will learn that no matter who a person is in life, no matter how easy things seem to that individual, all of what he or she has can be taken away in an instant. Readers will see how hard it is to regain the skills and talents once possessed to a very gifted person, and that only through hard work and perseverance was that person able to overcome such tragedies upon which life can bestow.

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Summary: exceptionally great book
Review: The book is rich in plot dynamics.I loved the way it evolved the characters.It is a tearjerker, as well as inspiring piece of work.The athlete willie is injured in an accident and is crippled.Then watches his family fall apart.It is one of the best books i ever read!

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Summary: The Crazy Horse Electric Game
Review: The Crazy Horse Electric Game by Chris Crutcher is a very interesting, easy to read, and well writen story. It keeps you wondering what will happen next from chapter to chapter. I really liked the book and think you should read it. It teaches a good lesson and helped me to realize how easy my life is compared to other people who aren't as lucky as me. The main character Willie Weaver is an athlete that has everything goin for him. Then a tragic boating accident changes his life forever. He was a hero for his baseball team pitching a winning game agienst the Crazy Horse Electic team. As a kid his whole life revolved around playing sports. But all that changes after the accident and suddenly Willie has to try and rebuild his life. Sports are no longer an option for Willie and he thout his life was over and there was nothing else he could do. But Willie decides to pack his bags and get on a bus to leave his memories of his past life behind him and try to start over. He moves to Oakland, California and enrolls in classes at an inner city alternative school and begins to see his life differently. I suggest this book, it teaches a good leason and is a good book to read.

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Summary: Wining the Hard Way
Review: The Crazy Horse Electric Game illustrates how a small town sports star, Willie Weaver, becomes unable to handle the changes that take place after an unfortunate accident. We see how Willie finds himself drifting away from his parents and he is faced with his girlfriend going out with another boy. He makes a decision to take drugs, that he is told will make him "feel better"(65), but what it really does is ruin his life by making all of his close friends and family lose faith in him. He decides to run away to leave what he has not been able to face. Willie finds himself going to OMLC, a school that gives children that don't like or can not handle public schools. The school teaches himself to control his body and become mature enough to handle the world challenges. The Crazy Horse Electric Game taught me that you need to work hard to win.

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Summary: Well written, heart wrenching book, for mature readers
Review: The Crazy Horse Electric Game is one of the best books I've ever read. Willie Weaver is a child prodigy. He is one of the best baseball players his age. However, as predicted, he gets in an accident. A very realistic and moving book about a young crippled boys struggle. You get to know the character very well, and you start to care about what happens to him. Like it's real. I've reread this book frequently, a couple times every year since I read it in 6th grade, and every time, as I get older, I learn a little bit more. It's a real tear-jerker throughout.

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Summary: A crippled boy who succeeds
Review: The Crazy Horse Electric Game was an interesting book. It started out with an average kid whose name was Willie. He was good at sports. He had many friends and did well in school. Then one day his life takes a dramatic turn for the worst. He is involved in a freak accident and becomes crippled and slow.
When he finds out that his parents are struggling with the death of his sister. And now him, he decides to leave home. Willie ends up in Oakland California, were he is jumped by a gang and robbed. Which is sad because he is crippled and cant defend himself. However, a bus driver/pimp named lacy takes him in and enrolls him in a school, were he exceeds greatly in school and out. He gets in some confrontation but by the time He graduates, he has greatly succeeded mentally and physically. When Willie was ready to go back to his life at home, he gets worried about what might happen. He does not know how people might accept, him or if they might greet him with open arms.
This book will make you want to keep reading until the end because you just do not know what is going to happen next. I thought the book was great especially when Willie made a friend that he thought did not like him. [hawk]. When Willie was standing next to the school and seen hawk light up a joint, Willie was a little nervous but hawk just asked him to watch out for him and he did. I think Willie making friends was a good thing because without friends he probably would not have made it.
In conclusion, if you really do not like to read like me, you will still like to read this book; it is funny and realistic about a crippled boy who tries and succeeds.

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Summary: The Crazy Game of Life
Review: The story was awesome! I couldn't put it down. Only problem I found was that for the last few chapters Willie had no problem talking smoothly, no gaps in his sentences. There's nothing in the book that says he regains his ability to speak regularly. Other than that the story was pretty real!

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Summary: Really 4.5 stars....
Review: The story was awesome! I couldn't put it down. Only problem I found was that for the last few chapters Willie had no problem talking smoothly, no gaps in his sentences. There's nothing in the book that says he regains his ability to speak regularly. Other than that the story was pretty real!

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Summary: This book has truly made a lasting impact...
Review: This book has truly made a lasting impact on me. It has been about eight years since I first read it, and I still recall it as one of the best young adult novels that I have ever read. I think it may be one of the best books in general that I have ever read. It is powerful, emotional, and moving-- just like all of Chris Crutcher's books. Definitely a must read!

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Summary: dramatic, appealing, will bring tears to your eyes....
Review: this book is the best medicine for a hurt heart. if u have ever lost someone whom u loved, then this book is for you....i highly recommend it