The Sledding Hill

This was the first Chris Crutcher book I read and I liked it a lot until I got to the "meta" part of it in which Crutcher becomes something of a character. I thought it was kind of cheesy to pull that and it felt too much like a trick. I can deal with the Alfred Hitchcock thing of walking into your book or even better what Laurie Halse Anderson did by putting her _Speak_ character in _Catalyst_ for just a moment, but this, well, this felt wrong. Other than that it was a cool idea and even with that, kids are going to like this book. No doubt. And if nothing else, it will, because of the self-referencing, lead to all of us reading at least one other book by him.

I credit this book in the earlier stages of my awakening. I first read this book when I was twelve and it gave me a whole new perspective while at first I just chose it as a reading assignment. Very good book to encourage new thoughts in young and old readers.

I have a hard copy of this book and it is by far one of the best books I've read...