The Crazy Horse Electric game

1st ed.

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Author

Chris Crutcher

Publication

1987 - Greenwillow Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

53,750 words, Guess

Page Count

215 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL2721117M
ISBN-100688066836
OCLC Control Number14187182
OCLC Control Numbercrazyhorseelectr00crut
Library of Congress Control Number86014592

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Goodreads1310141
LibraryThing358484

Classifications

DDC[Fic]
LCCPZ7.C89 Cr 1987

Description

Willie Weaver used to be a hero.Now he's nothing.Willie is a top athlete, the star of the legendary game against Crazy Horse Electric. Then a freak accident robs him of his once-amazing physical talents.Betrayed by his family, his girlfriend, and his own body, Willie's on the run, penniless and terrified on the streets, where he must fight to rebuild both his body and his life.

First Sentence

Sometimes he remembers it as if it were unfolding in front of him this very minute, all of it; event by amazing event.

Description

A high school athlete, frustrated at being handicapped after an accident, runs away from home and is helped back to mental and physical health by a black benefactor and the people in a special school where he enrolls.