Deadline (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• Ben Wolf: Eighteen-year-old high school senior, who has one year to live. He falls in love with Dallas Suzuki. Ben also decides not to tell anyone about his illness until the end when he can't stand it anymore. He decides to play football with his brother for He is the main character. He is only 123 lbs and used to run cross-country before decideding to go out for football after finding out about his illness.
• Dallas Suzuki: Dallas is the girl Ben falls in love with. She is very competitive at all sports, mainly volleyball, which is her best sport. She was raped by her uncle when she was 13, and had Joe Henry who she says is her brother because she's scared of people knowing the truth. In the end she later tells people the truth. She is a main character.
• Cody Wolf: Ben's brother, who is inseparable from Ben. Who loves football and got a scholarship with Ben to Boise State. He would constantly consult with Ben on how to beat another team's defense.He is a main character.
• Rudy Mccoy: Rudy McCoy was the town alcoholic, who holds a big secret. The secret that he finally told to the main character Ben after ten years of hiding it was, that he was a child molester. He became a Catholic priest so he could stop thinking of little boys in that way, but it didn't work. He molested a boy, who then later killed himself. Rudy got so tired of holding this secret, because no one knew he molested that kid, so he later killed himself as well. He is one of the main characters.
• Mr. Lambeer: Ben's teacher, who hates him because he always interrupts his teaching to talk about Malcolm X. He is not a main character.
• Joe Henry: Joe Henry is the son of Dallas. He was born after Dallas was raped by her Uncle when she was 13. He is not a main Character.
• Marla: Marla is Ben's therapist, who left after she felt it was too much taking on the case where a kid was dying and was fine with it. She plays a small role in this book.
• Mr. Cowans: Mr. Cowans was the father of Sooner. He abused Sooner, and broke his collor bone. Mr. Cowans became depressed after his son died in a car accident. He plays a small role in this book.
• Sylvia Longley: An annoying girl in Ben's class, who hated Ben because he tried to name a street after Malcolm X. She is not a main character.
• Andy Evans: i do not remember who this is
• Mr. Phelps: I do not remember who this is
• Doc Wagner: Doc Wagner was Ben's doctor. He was the one who found Ben's blood disease, and promised to tell no one about it. He is not a main character.
• Glover: One of the Football players on Ben and Cody Wolf's team
• Dolven: One of the Football players on Ben and Cody Wolf's team

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• “"love turns to hatred at the fringes of any belief system"”

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• “Love, in the universal sense, is unconditional acceptance. In the individual sense, the one-on-one sense, try this: we can say we love each other if my life is better because you’re in it and your life is better because I’m in it. The intensity of the love is weighed by how much better.”

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• You put yourself out there in the truest way you can and hope others do the same. You’ll connect or you won’t, but you did what you could.

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• You can’t let anything that seems even semi-important pass, because it passes forever. Things take on meaning.

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• It’s about influence, about what people do in your name after you’re gone.”

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• “There’s only one thing that’s universal.” “What’s that?” “The truth.”

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• God isn’t a guy. God isn’t a girl. God is a force. You have all these people trying to figure out whether to believe in God or the big bang. Well, God is the big bang. God is the ultimate scientist. If God relegated his thinking to human cognition, it would never get anything done. I mean, look how slow you think, and you’re probably the smartest kid in your class. Just know that everything started as one, everything still is one, and it will end up as one.”

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• ‘Live every day like you’re going to live forever and every day like it’s going to be your last’

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• the truth doesn’t need to be known, or believed, to be true.”

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• “Like I said before,” Rudy says, “it’s all about differences. Something about humans really doesn’t like them, when they are the very thing we should embrace. If someone’s different from you and it scares you or makes you mad, that’s God telling you to take a closer look. If you’re scared or mad, that’s about you, not about the person who scares or angers you.”

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• A team is a single thing, just like each of us is our arms and legs and brains and spirits. When one component isn’t working, we’re not at full speed.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Bilbao
• Idaho
• Boise
• Trout
• Grey Ghost

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Death: Describe this theme.
• Love

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Chris Crutcher (Author)

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Awards edit see section history

• Abraham Lincoln Award (Finalist, 2011: Teen fiction, Nominee)

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• Dewey: F Crutcher

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The themes in this book are very mature and there is often foul language.

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• Books › Teens › School & Sports › Fiction
• Books › Teens › Social Issues