Running Loose

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Summary: sms student
Review: Running Loose, by Chris Crutcher was a great read. It was about a high school boy who is faced with some very tough decisions. His senior year starts out great. He's got a starting sport on the varsity football team, and the girl of his dreams, Becky. Then tragedy strikes. He is kicked off the football team for standing up to the coach. Also Becky gets killed in a car crash. Louie gets help from and support from his parents. Crutcher tried to get across in the story that Louie is an average kid faced with difficult decisions. This book is worth reading if your older than 13 because of different parts in the book. It would not be good for someone in elementary school.

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Summary: Tough Decisions
Review: Running Loose, By Chris Crutcher, was a great book that really kept my attention and forced me to not put the book down. The book was about a boy named Louie who is faced with some hard situations to deal with. He is a good athlete in high school that is faced with some situations that all kids in high school deal with in some way. I was big into sports in high school and could relate to this book very well. Louie dealt with some serious issues in this book such as: standing up for what he believed was the right thing to do, girls, sex, and death to name some of them. I think that this is a great book for kids in high school to read because they are going through the same types of issues and situations that the characters in this book did.

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Summary: Tough Decisions
Review: Running Loose, By Chris Crutcher, was a great book that really kept my attention and forced me to not put the book down. The book was about a boy named Louie who is faced with some hard situations to deal with. He is a good athlete in high school that is faced with some situations that all kids in high school deal with in some way. I was big into sports in high school and could relate to this book very well. Louie dealt with some serious issues in this book such as: standing up for what he believed was the right thing to do, girls, sex, and death to name some of them. I think that this is a great book for kids in high school to read because they are going through the same types of issues and situations that the characters in this book did.

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Summary: Running Loose
Review: Running Loose
Chris Crutcher
Young Adult
PLOT: The book is about a teenager named Louis who lives in a small town centered around football. When he stands up for what he believes in his senior year is set into a whirlwind of events. Between Becky and the Buckhorn, he learns a lot about himself.
Chris Cutcher is a really good writer with stories that most teens find amusing, if you like books like Stotan!, or The Crazy Horse Electric Game, you'll enjoy this one.
I really enjoyed reading this book, it was one I had trouble putting down. Louis is standing up for what he believes in, and fighting for justice, "About Lednecky giving us thumbs-down o that black kid. Sounds kinda low to me. I mean, we've got a good team; we shouldn't have to pull that kind of crap." (pg.50) Over all the book is a great one, if you like books that teenagers can relate to, I'd recommend it to anyone.

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Summary: Riveting and real exploration of teen issues
Review: Sophomores love this book.<BP> They appreciate the honesty, the raciness, the warm humor used to treat experiences common to boys.<BP> This gives a chance to discuss important decisions, reactions to death, and ways to deal with life's surprises and the consequences of our decisions.

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Summary: Running Loose
Review: The book Running Loose by Chris Crutcher is the story of Louie Banks' senior year in high school. I think that this book was very well-written. The story dealt with many of today's issues, such as racism and standing up for what you believe in.
Louie Banks lives in a small town where everyone knows each other. The story begins with Louie being on the football team, having great parents, and a perfect girlfriend. However, his near perfect live begin to unravel when he stands up for an African-American football player from another school who was purposely injured by one of Louie's teammates. Louie is thrown off the team by his coach and the school principal. This sets off a year-long feud between Louie, the coach, and principal.
The year progresses, with everything going not so good for Louie. The school principal is constantly trying to get Louie suspended, because he still holds a grudge from the football season. The saddest part of the book is when Louie's girlfriend, Becky dies unexpectedly. Louie does some surprising acts after Becky is killed, such as chopping down the oldest tree in the town's forest, yelling at her funeral, and throwing her memorial plaque into the river where she was killed. He did most of these acts out of anger because of her death or because of the way people were acting. He yelled at her funeral about the minister who said the mass, because he was saying things that were not important about Becky's life. In the spring, Louie joins the track team and does well most of the time. Being on the track team helps him relieve some of his anger and sadness that he had from the loss of Becky.
I think that the main thing that Louie learns from his last year of high school is that being the best at football or having the whole town love you because you "put on a show" are not the most important things in life. In the end, being kind to the people that you love and standing up for what is right and what you believe in is what makes you a good person. I think that Running Loose is a book that all high school students should read, because it gives a message that we all should learn.

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Summary: life-like and compassinate.-scores high on all levels
Review: the book Running Loose is my favorite book. what makes this book such a masterpiece is that it has certain twists and turns just like the real world has. everything from beginning to end is jam-packed with detail and feelings that you could only experiance if you had lived it in your own life. Chris Crutcher has a talent unlike one i have ever seen before. He feels what the rest of the world feels, and manages to put it down on paper. if you have a chance to get your hands on one of the many books Chris Crutcher has written i would jump at the opertunity. Running Loose is compelling and in my own opinion - a five star book. thank you. Amy Sheridan, 15

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Summary: Expect the unexpected
Review: The story starts out like any other. Louie's life his going great until things take a devastating turn. He gets kicked off the football team because he stood up to a prejudice call by his coach. He gets kicked out of school because he won't tell his coach hes sorry. No one believes him because his coach is a good lier. His relationship takes a deadly turn. If you want to know the happens I suggest you read the book.

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Summary: this stinks
Review: this book absolutly stunk like a skunk. it had no plot and was very boring. Just kidding this book was amazing filled with fun laughter and lessons. I couldn't put it down. not.

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Summary: I liked Running Loose because it is very suspenseful.
Review: This book contains alot of what could happen in an everyday High School student's life. It contains a romatic story line and an athlete's trouble of trying to do what he thinks is right. This is a good book for young people to read about some troubles that could happen in a high school student's life. This book contains hatred,love,and strong friendship. I liked the way that the book ended because it showed a student who worked hard to do what he liked to do and had to do it with hardly any help and everybody laughing at him or not being friendly to him.