Deadline / Chris Crutcher / 316 pages

Ben Wolf does not plan to coast through his senior year at Trout High in Idaho.  He says "This was my year to read everything I can get my hands on, to speak up, push myself and my teachers to get the true hot poop on the world at large, so I could hit the ground running."  He plans to "etch his name atop the winner's board at the state cross country meet, to take Dallas Suzuki by surprise, and to attend college."  At least those were his plans until he receives a warning "from The Office Above The Office" telling him that he has one year to live.  He decides not to tell his family as he fears the news might upset the fragile equilibrium of family dynamics...and to go out for football.