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Commentary On The Book 'Cruise Control'

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Cruise Control was one of the best books I have read all year. I liked this book because he handled every situation pretty well. In this book he had all his anger balled up inside of him which helped him along the way. He also loves to play basketball and he wins the final game at the end of the book. Cruise Control was interesting because you could feel what he was going through the whole book. He was angry at times and he couldn’t hold it back so he beat up a guy for almost hitting a little girl. He almost beat up his dad but instead something was holding him back. Paul was my favorite character in this book because he takes care of his brother and treats him like he’s normal. Even though he has anger issues he takes care of the basketball

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