The Mighty Crashman

The Mighty Crashman

by JerrySpinelli (Author)

Synopsis

Crash Coogan is cool. He's the star of the school football team...and he's a bully. Penn Webb is small and weedy. Penn Webb hates violence. He's a 'Peace' badge-wearing vegetarian...and he wants to try out for the cheerleading team. Crash and Penn are not destined to get along. From the day Penn moves into the neighbourhood, Crash torments him mercilessly. But no humiliation seems to bring Penn down. Could it be that in some way he is actually stronger than Crash?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 172
Publisher: Orchard
Published: 07 Aug 2008

ISBN 10: 1846169607
ISBN 13: 9781846169601
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media Reviews
Spinelli packs a powerful wallop. -- Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
Jerry Spinelli is the author of many critically acclaimed and best-selling books for young readers, including Stargirl. He is a winner of the Newbery Medal for his 'distinguished contribution to American Literature for Children. He grew up in Norristown, Pennsylvania, where he dreamed of becoming a major league baseball player. This all changed when he was sixteen however, when a poem he wrote about a football game was published in a local newspaper. From then on, he wanted to be a writer.