Chinese Handcuffs (20 page)
Authors: Chris Crutcher
CHRIS CRUTCHER
has written nine critically acclaimed novels, an autobiography, and two collections of short stories. Drawing on his experience as a family therapist and child protection specialist, Crutcher writes honestly about real issues facing teenagers today: making it through school, competing in sports, handling rejection and failure, and dealing with parents. He has won three lifetime achievement awards for the body of his work: the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the ALAN Award, and the NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award. Chris Crutcher lives in Spokane, Washington.
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Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint an excerpt from
Horton Hatches the Egg
, by Dr. Seuss. Copyright © 1940 and renewed in 1968 by Dr. Seuss. By permission of Random House, Inc.
CHINESE HANDCUFFS
. Copyright © 1989 by Chris Crutcher. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Crutcher, Chris.
Chinese handcuffs / by Chris Crutcher.
“Greenwillow Books.”
Summary: Still troubled by his older brother's violent suicide, eighteen-year-old Dillon becomes deeply involved in the terrible secret of his friend Jennifer, who feels she can tell no one what her stepfather is doing to her.
ISBN 0-688-08345-5 â ISBN 0-06-059839-5 (pbk.)
EPUB Edition © August 2009 ISBN 9780061968365
Version 06132016
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First Harper edition, 2004
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