Deadline

Ben Wolf has big things planned for his senior year. Had big things planned. Now what he has is some very bad news and only one year left to make his mark on the world.

How can a pint-sized, smart-ass seventeen-year-old do anything significant in the nowheresville of Trout, Idaho?

First, Ben makes sure that no one else knows what is going on--not his superstar quarterback brother, Cody, not his parents, not his coach, no one. Next, he decides to become the best 127-pound football player Trout High has ever seen; to give his close-minded civics teacher a daily migraine; and to help the local drunk clean up his act.

And then there's Dallas Suzuki. Amazingly perfect, fascinating Dallas Suzuki, who may or may not give Ben the time of day. Really, she's first on the list.

Living with a secret isn't easy, though, and Ben's resolve begins to crumble . . . especially when he realizes that he isn't the only person in Trout with secrets.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 09/18/2007
ISBN: 9780060850890
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.90w x 1.05d
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Honor Book
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/16/2007 pg. 167
Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/2007 pg. 727
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2007 pg. 238 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2007 pg. 569
School Library Journal 09/01/2007 pg. 194
Kliatt 09/01/2007 pg. 10
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2007 pg. 78
Booklist 09/01/2007
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2008 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 118240 / Deadline
Reading Level: 5.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 10