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# Losers Bracket Hardcover – April 3, 2018

**Brand:** chris crutcher
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			        		Gr 8 Up&#x2014;The last time Annie Boots was removed from her biological mother&apos;s care it seemed pretty final&#x2014;even supervised visits were off the table. A talented student athlete, tough-talking Annie insists on spreading herself thin playing up the loser&apos;s bracket in local basketball tournaments, and joining sports she&apos;s not even interested in, in hopes of creating as many opportunities as possible for her bio mom and sister to come see her on neutral ground. This strains her relationship with her straitlaced foster family, and yields mixed results. When Annie&apos;s nephew goes missing at one of her swim meets, the systems that have defined Annie and her sister&apos;s life&#x2014;bio families, foster families, social services, law enforcement, and the kindness of strangers&#x2014;slowly grind together to find the boy, and figure out what kind of home he&apos;ll come home to. Annie&apos;s voice is strong and often bracing, her observations about her both of her families range from cruel to tender, sometimes in the same paragraph. Crutcher has a lot of messages to send about nature verses nurture, and about the system as a whole, some of which are presented organically, others dropped into awkward soliloquies. The plot takes some wild and soapy twists and turns near the end, but the resolution is realistically uneasy and complex. VERDICT An appealing narrative voice and fast-moving plot that will engage readers from the first page.&#x2014;Beth McIntyre, Madison Public Library, WI
						    	
					    	
						
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			        		&#x201C;Crutcher&#x2019;s...expertise gives the narrative, about the harsh realities of what happens when kids are failed by both their parents and the state, its authenticity.&#x201D; (Publishers Weekly)&#x201C;Annie&#x2019;s voice is strong and often bracing...An appealing narrative voice and fast-moving plot that will engage readers from the first page.&#x201D; (School Library Journal)&#x201C;Crutcher tells a story that is genuine and affecting in its engagement with complications within the foster care system. ...a critique of the status quo of social services, but this novel is also effective in portraying how truly messy it all can be.&#x201D; (Bulletin of the Center for Children&#x2019;s Books)&#x201C;This novel is as engaging as it is heartbreaking. Annie&#x2019;s story is poignant and hopeful, with dashes of sass, humor, and devastation. ...This is a recommendation read for fans of Andrew Smith, Marieke Nijkamp...[and] those who enjoy riveting realistic fiction.&#x201D; (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA))
						    	
					    	
						
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## Customer Reviews

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    Interesting and Reasonably Relistic
  

*by K***H on July 30, 2018*

This book attempts a major feat, to get into the mind of a foster child as she tries to navigate the worlds of her birth family and foster parents.  That it does rather well.  There are parts that are terribly unrealistic, but the main character and her feelings are completely authentic and relatable which is a major accomplishment.  I recommend it to anyone trying to understand the world a foster kid comes from or a foster kid trying to understand the world they are thrust into.  It bridges those two worlds reasonably well.  The book suffers at the end from an attempt to bend reality to make a tough situation work.  I found it annoying enough to sour the story and if the subject matter wasn’t so novel and the main character so compelling I wouldn’t recommend it at all.  But as is the book does tell the push pull of different sorts of family on the foster kid extremely well.

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    Best book so far in 2018
  

*by A***R on June 25, 2018*

One of the best young adult lit books I’ve read recently.  As always, Crutcher’s use of edgy language in a scene or two just serves to bring an authenticity to the characters and the struggles of a young lady in the foster system.  Powerful messages throughout this book will really speak to teen readers and adults alike. I would highly recommend this for anyone facing difficult situations or decisions in their life.

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    Another one rocks the YA word
  

*by M***K on January 16, 2019*

I have read Chris Crutchers’ stories and made my students read Chris Crutchers’ stories since I first discovered him moons ago. He is authentic and speaks the truth through his characters and through his presence in the worldLoved Losers Bracket- all the characters were real and I loved that the happy ending still had a bit of forbidding to it since after all life isn’t all roses and families come with thorns as well.

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