. . . King of the Mild Frontier, that is. This is the title of teen author Chris Crutcher's autobiography: King of the Mild Frontier: an Ill-Advised Autobiography.
It is a hilarious book about the author's childhood and teen years in a small town in rural Idaho. Chris is basically an unathletic, uncoordinated "dweeb" with a wicked temper.
Some examples of the hilarity: when the author is six, his older brother asks him, "wanna do something neat?" The something "neat" is peeing into the heat register grate in the middle of the their living room floor. And of course, 6 year old Chris wants to do something neat and of course his brother assures him he will not get in trouble . . . yeah, right.
And then there is the time Chris tries his hand at winter wilderness survival and needs to use a fishing pole to cook a piece of sausage . . .
And the time he is convinced that Jesus has an older brother named Esus . . .
After finishing this book, you can see where Chris Crutcher gets his ideas for his books. Haven't read any of his books? You might try:
Whale Talk
Chris Crutcher is a great author for older teens who like an author who tells it like it us, doesn't pull punches and doesn't treat teenagers like kids who need to be protected from some of the uncomfortable facts of life.
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