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[https://doi.org/10.4148/0146-9282.2185](https://doi.org/10.4148/0146-9282.2185)  \nThis Key Conversations is brought to you for free and open access by New Prairie Press. It has been accepted for inclusion in Educational Considerations by an authorized administrator of New Prairie Press. For more information, [please contact](please contact cads@k-state.edu)[ cads@k-state.edu](please contact cads@k-state.edu).  \nGoodson: Chris Crutcher  \n1  \nAuthor Chris Crutcher: Speaking Out on Teachers’Role in Aiding Children of Trauma  \nLori Goodson  \nWith our theme this issue of “Dear Teacher: Children and Trauma,” it seems appropriate that we have a conversation with Chris Crutcher—one of the leading young adult authors whose subject  \nmatter often deals with adolescents’ trauma.  \nHis journey began as a teacher, before becoming director of Lakeside School, an alternative  \nschool in Oakland, Calif., during the 1970s. Crutcher then shifted to Spokane Community Health  \nCenter and Child Protection as a therapist—a role that would develop the foundation for his  \nfuture novels’ realistic adolescent characters who struggled through some of life’s bleakest  \nmoments. Along the way, he became an incredibly powerful voice and advocate for struggling  \nstudents.  \nHe is recognized today for his unique characters in numerous novels, as well as his short stories  \nthat appear in various young adult collections. His website, [http://www.chriscrutcher.com](http://www.chriscrutcher.com),  \nPublished by New Prairie Press, 1  \nEducational Considerations, Vol. 44, No. 2 [2019], Art. 7  \n2  \nproudly labels him “Author & Loudmouth,” and he’s earned the title with books that treat  \nadolescents’ issues with candor and bluntness.  \nYears ago, my daughter was a sixth-grader who had decided she would spend her summer  \nreading banned books. As it happened, Crutcher was in town for a visit with teachers from the  \nFlint Hills Writing Project, the Kansas State University site of the National Writing Project, and  \nmy daughter tagged along with her father to an informal luncheon with Crutcher. Sitting a few  \nchairs away from him, surrounded by adults, she had been oblivious to the discussion, then  \nlooked up, recognizing Crutcher and matter-of-factly commented,“Wow…I’m reading a lot of  \nyour books this summer.”  \nAnd, while his reputation has been made as someone who doesn’t hesitate to rock the boat, he’s  \nrocking it in a good way—providing realistic stories about adolescents, standing up for  \ninjustices, and battling censorship. Along the way, he has won national award after national  \naward for engaging books that help rock the boat—and get readers to really see what teens are  \ndealing with. As a therapist, he knows the stories all to well…and he’s using adolescent literature  \nto make sure others have a better picture of the trauma young people are facing.  \nSo many of Crutcher’s works focus on adolescents’ trauma, as he shares their journeys through  \nsome harsh and painful events. 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