Crabbe [Mass Market Paperback]

William Bell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1999

One night, just before final exams, 18-year-old Franklin Crabbe - smart, rich, yet unhappy and semi-alcoholic - packs his gear and drives away into the woods to disappear completely. Totally unprepared for bush life, Crabbe nearly perishes until he meets someone else who has her reasons to hide.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Crabbe is a very well written novel, and William Bell succeeds in grabbing the attention of the reader (and keeping it). Other than a minor flaws, Crabbe certainly stands out in the world of young adult literature." - Curled Up With a Good Kid's Book

About the Author

William Bell holds a Masters of Arts degree in Literature and a Master of Education degree. Bell's Young Adult novels have been translated into nine languages and have won a number of awards, among them the Ruth Schwartz Award for Excellence (Forbidden City), the Belgium Award for Excellence (Forbidden City), the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award (Five Days of the Ghost), the Mr. Christie's Award (Zack), and the Canadian Librarian's Association Award (Stones).

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 169 pages
• Publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside; 1 edition (June 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0773674837
• ISBN-13: 978-0773674837
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,328,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this book was awsom!, February 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Crabbe (Mass Market Paperback)

at first, i didnt wanna read this book at all. i was forced to by school. but as i got further and further i realized this book was ...amazing. i dont know wen ive read a better book. i think one of the reasons i enjoyed the book so much was that it reaally encourages u too become an individual person and not to live for anybody else, and i know realize that. i may still only be a lost and confused teenager, but thanks to this book i now know to only live for myself, and not to try to reach other peoples expectations but only my own. if u have any spare time at all read this book!!! its amazing, posibly even beyond amazing. i would have gave it more stars if it were posible. william bell did an outstanding job on this book. its ending was awsom, and kept me on my toes the whole time. the begining may not be very interesting, but as u get deeper and deeper into the book, it becomes better and better. the book was fenominal! READ IT!

4.0 out of 5 stars Crabbe by William Bell, November 30, 2004

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This review is from: Crabbe (Mass Market Paperback)

This is an excellent novel. It can help weak readers understand some more ways to understand novels and stroy lines. I highly advise it to stay in schools. It will help the students that are too lazy to go out to the country and explore how to survive and what possibilities can happen in nature. I also like how that the author made the chapters into journal entries.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Alright, June 28, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Crabbe (Paperback)

This novel was fairly decent:it had an alright plot, it was written somewhat well, and was interesting in most parts. I did not like this novel, however, because i had to read it as a school assignment. I think that because of that, it took all of the pleasure out of the novel, and i didn't have time to appreciate certain things about the novel.
I also did not like the ending of the novel. I felt that it didnt explain well enough what happened to Crabbe.
Overall, this book would definitally be more enjoyable if you were not pressed for time to read it, and then have to do a load of work on it.