Losers Bracket, Chris Crutcher
Losers Bracket, Chris Crutcher
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Losers Bracket

Author: Chris Crutcher

Narrator: Tara Sands

Unabridged: 5 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2018

Synopsis

When a family argument turns into an urgent hunt for a missing child, seventeen-year-old Annie Boots must do everything in her power to bring her nephew home safely. Chris Crutcher, the acclaimed and bestselling author of Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, shares a provocative story about family, loss, and loyalty that is perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Laurie Halse Anderson. The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books called Losers Bracket “Genuine and affecting.”  When it comes to family, Annie is in the losers bracket. While her foster parents are great (mostly), her birth family would not have been her first pick. And no matter how many times Annie tries to write them out of her life, she always gets sucked back into their drama. Love is like that.But when a family argument breaks out at Annie’s swim meet and her nephew goes missing, Annie might be the only one who can get him back. With help from her friends, her foster brother, and her social service worker, Annie puts the pieces of the puzzle together, determined to find her nephew and finally get him into a safe home. Award-winning author Chris Crutcher’s books are strikingly authentic and unflinchingly honest. Losers Bracket is by turns gripping, heartbreaking, hopeful, and devastating, and hits the sweet spot for fans of Andrew Smith and Marieke Nijkamp.

About Chris Crutcher

Chris Crutcher has written nine critically acclaimed novels, an autobiography, and two collections of short stories. Drawing on his experience as a family therapist and child protection specialist, Crutcher writes honestly about real issues facing teenagers today: making it through school, competing in sports, handling rejection and failure, and dealing with parents. He has won three lifetime achievement awards for the body of his work: the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the ALAN Award, and the NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award. Chris Crutcher lives in Spokane, Washington.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on February 23, 2018

Wow. This book and the feels! I don't even know where to start but a little of it hit me especially hard. Full review to come closer to release day. Thanks to Harper Children's for the aadvance copy for review.......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on July 05, 2018

I am usually a huge fan of Chris Crutcher's work, but Losers Bracket falls short for me. It is the story of Annie, a foster child whose desperate need to be loved by her biological family almost destroys her chance at a real future. Annie's voice gets stronger as the book nears its end, but I just d......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on July 20, 2018

**This review and others on my blog, Falconer's Library** How do I love Chris Crutcher? Let me count the ways. There's his foul mouthed, big hearted FB rants about the state of the country and the role of old white guys like himself. There's the humor that slides into even his darkest books. There's......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on May 09, 2018

The narrator of this novel is a high school senior named Annie Boots. Annie has had a tough life, bouncing between her tres dysfunctional family and a foster one. There is no question she's been dealt a hard lot. However, this seems to be a case of tell rather than show. Annie mentions the difficult......more

Goodreads review by Sherry on May 31, 2019

We haven't seen a book from Chris Crutcher in a while. This one is really good. Short enough, tense enough and clean...Annie, the protagonist, is a foster child living with a prominent family and has for quite a while after being shuffled back and forth from foster care to her biological family. The......more

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