![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to refusing treatment, Ben also decides not to tell anyone about his condition. ![]() This is when he is informed that he has only a year to live. Ben finds out that he has the blood disease when he visits his doctor for a sports physical. Ben is of small build and has a very close bond with Cody, his younger brother. As is typical of most towns of its size, everyone knows everyone else and everyone has known Ben since his birth. He knows that the disease is terminal and makes the decision to refuse the traditional treatment regimen and spend his last year living life to its fullest extent. Ben is an eighteen-year-old high school senior suffering from a rare blood disease. Some of his best known titles include Running Loose, Staying Fat for Sarah Bynes, and the short story collection, Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories.ĭeadline is the story of Ben Wolf. Not surprisingly, his background as a therapist brings themes such as racism, domestic violence, and economic hardships into his plots. Thematically, his plots often place adolescents in conditions in which they must deal with difficult situations. Edwards Award from the American Library Association for lifetime achievement in 2000. For his body of work for teenage readers he received the Margaret A. ![]() Crutcher is an American novelist as well as a family therapist. Deadline is a young adult novel by Chris Crutcher. ![]()
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