# Chris Crutcher — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by Chris Crutcher appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 9–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/chris-crutcher
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- interpersonal relations (2)
- conduct of life
- fathers and sons
- fathers and sons in fiction
- high schools
- interpersonal relations in fiction
- schools

## Genres

- Realistic Fiction (2)

## Every Chris Crutcher title on file

- [Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes](https://readinglist.school/book/staying-fat-for-sarah-byrnes) _(Grades 9–12 · 1993)_
- [Ironman](https://readinglist.school/book/ironman) _(Grades 9–12 · 1995)_

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