Boy Who Owned the School vs Deadline: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: High schools, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction, Fiction

Cover of Boy Who Owned the School

Boy Who Owned the School Gary Paulsen · 1990 ★★★★☆ 3.8 85 pages · ≈ 1 h 34 m · Light Find on Amazon

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Cover of Deadline

Deadline Chris Crutcher · 2007 ★★★★☆ 4.1 320 pages · ≈ 5 h 56 m · Easy Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Deadline higher: 4.1 vs 3.8 from 23557 votes.
Boy Who Owned the School is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Deadline.
Deadline is the easier read (Easy), Boy Who Owned the School more demanding (Light).

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