comment on style language

Because John Coogan is just a young kid, the language of Crash is quite simplistic. Spinelli's novel straddles the line between falling in the middle grade age range and the young adult age range. As such, Spinelli does not used advanced language that would alienate his younger readers or overly basic language that would put off older readers. John is also prone to using a lot of slang, such as "lah-dee-dah," "popped," and "outjuked," as well as some colloquial terminology from the Philadelphia area like "hoagie."