Summary Of The Book 'Running Loose'

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Running Loose is a fiction book written by Chris Crutcher. This book was his launch into the writing world and was published in 1983. Throughout the years Crutcher's writing has had a notion of being controversial, challenged by readers, and even banned from some libraries. In “Running Loose” it doesn’t conform with the ideas cultivated earlier on. “Running Loose” is a book about a teenager who plays football, his friends, and valuable life lessons.
For the average reader who is into sports it is a very good, it doesn’t have many pages and captures your attention early on in the first few pages.

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