Deadline- This is the story of 18 year old Ben Wolf. He is a senior in high school and has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. He learns he has only one year to live and wants to live life to the fullest. He decides to keep it a secret from everyone. Ben wants his last year to be as normal as possible,so he decides to join the football team, befriends the town drunk, challenges his U. S. government and current events teacher and gets the courage to ask the perfect girl Dallas Suzuki out for a date. Throughout the story Ben realizes that he is not the only one with secrets, yet in the end he leaves his legacy.
This book would work great in a debate class. Students could discuss Ben's decisions about keeping his secret from everyone.
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