Crutcher, Chris. The Sledding Hill. NY: Harper Tempest, 2005. 230 pages . (General Fiction)The main character in the book is Eddie Proffit, who is 14, and starts out with a family of three. The story takes place in Bear Creek, Minnesota in the middle of the winter in the twentieth century. The problem he faces is that his dad just died from being near an exploding tire. In the same month, his best friend kicked some sheetrock and he died, too. Eddie has trouble with the loss of his friend and his father and gets sad about the deaths. I thought it was interesting in the book when his dad started to haunt Eddie and the spirit was in Eddie’s closet. Another event that I thought was interesting was that Billy’s spirit came back and started to talk to Eddie.
I would read another book by this author because the books he writes seem very interesting. He made things (Like Eddie’s best friend) come back that I thought would ever happen. Some of the books he has written sound like they are movies I know. Those movies that I know are very action packed, so he would probably make them even more action packed as books.
Reviewed by: oldpartner587
