description: These six powerful short stories chronicle bits of the lives of characters, major and minor, who have walked the rugged terrain of Chris Crutcher's earlier works. They also introduce some new and unforgettable personalities who may well be heard from again in future books. As with all Crutcher's work, these are stories about athletes, and yet they are not sport stories. They are tales of love and death, bigotry and heroism, of real people doing their best even when that best isn't very good. Crutcher's straightforward style and total honesty have earned him an admiring audience and made readers of many nonreaders.
title: Athletic Shorts
titlecomplete: Athletic Shorts
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Coming Of Age, LGBT, Teen, Young Adult, Sports, Banned Books, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 2300
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: RECORDED BOOKS, LLC