Ironman by Chris Crutcher
This was one of the books I chose to read to my classes this year. This author is amazing, and writes about real issues facing teenagers these days. Even though there are aspects of this book which date it a little bit, the themes and situations are timeless.
In this book, a young man is training for a triathlon. He also is sentenced to anger management classes at school because he angered the football coach. This is meant to be punishment, but it becomes a part of his life that he cherishes. He is exposed to people who, although his peers, have things going on that help him put his life in perspective. And perspective he does gain. He also manages to make friends with people he wouldn't normally have bothered with, and that may be the best lesson my students could have taken from this book.
I would absolutely read this with my students again. The best comment I got when we finished was "Mrs. Parker, that was an AWESOME book!" If that's not a ringing endorsement, I don't know what is.
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