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Crash
by Jerry Spinelli
Crash by Jerry Spinelli is about a young man named John Coogan. Everyone calls John Crash except for one boy named Penn Webb. Everyone calls him Crash because when he got his football helmet for Christmas his Uncle Herm's family came over to see his presents and when they opened the door Crash growled “hut, hut,hut” and plowed straight through Herm's daughter, Bridget, knocking her on her butt into a foot of snow.
Penn was named after the Penn Relays. His parents let his great-grandfather name him. Penn was a very strange kid who had just moved there from North Dakota. Penn was a scrawny little boy who wore glasses.
The summer before first grade Crash met Penn. Penn was walking down the street in front of Crash's house while Crash was playing outside. Crash was a very mischievous boy and jumped in front of Penn and would not let him through.
Penn told Crash his name and put out his hand for Crash to shake, and asked what Crash's name was. Crash......

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