CRASH By: Jerry Spinelli Crash Coogan is the football sensation and everyone knows it. Crash’s neighbor is a vegetarian and a Quaker. He is also Crash and Crash’s best friend, Mike’s easiest target. Crash’s grandfather, Scooter, moved in. A new girl shows up one day, Jane Forbes, and Crash likes her, but she’s friends with Penn. Because Penn and Jane are both on the cheerleading squad. Scooter has a stroke. Crash and Penn both make the track team. Penn won the race-offs. The person that won got to compete in the Penn Relays. Penn got 2nd in the Penn Relays. Now Penn is Crash’s best friend and Jane and Crash are friends.