CRASHBy: Jerry Spinelli

Crash Coogan is the football sensation and everyone knows it.

Crash’s neighbor is a vegetarian and a Quaker. He is also Crash and Crash’s

best friend, Mike’s easiest target.

Crash’s grandfather, Scooter, moved in.

A new girl shows up one day, Jane Forbes, and Crash likes her, but she’s friends with Penn. Because Penn and

Jane are both on the cheerleading squad.

Scooter has a stroke.

Crash and Penn both make the track team. Penn won the race-offs. The person

that won got to compete in the Penn Relays.

Penn got 2nd in the Penn Relays.

Now Penn is Crash’s best friend and Jane and Crash are friends.