Jane rejected Crash before at a school dance, because she found him arrogant, but she perceives the change in Crash. Now Crash is compassionate, when before he was completely self-interested and only cared about football -- and himself. Resolution: Continue Reading...
Crash by Jerry Spinelli is a story of an unlikely hero that challenges many of the conventions of young adult novels. Instead of a serious, introspective protagonist like so many books geared at a teen literary audience, the title character of Crash Continue Reading...
Crash Spinelli Crash by Jerry Spinelli Identify the quality that makes Penn a good friend. Support your answer by using examples from the text. Kids can be spoiled and materialistic without ever really realizing it. In the book, Penn is a Quaker t Continue Reading...
Crash and his best friend Mike Deluca make a sport of teasing Penn at every opportunity and Penn is so pure, so clueless (or so true to his Quaker principles) he acts as though he does not notice. Penn is not entirely a wimp -- like Crash, he is a Continue Reading...
