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Deadline by Chris Crutcher

  • Tells the story of an eighteen-year-old high school senior who is dying from a rare blood disease. He decides to forgo treatment and live his last year to the fullest.

  • This book contains; activism (social justice), alcohol/addiction, child abuse, controversial racial and religious commentary, deadly illness, death, deception, derogatory terms, drugs (mentioned), explicit sexual activities (mild), incest (resulting in pregnancy), mental illness, molestation, pedophilia, profanity, racism, suicide and violence.

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