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I liked this book. I read it almost all in one night, and was interested in the story even though the outcome "a perfect season" waas right there on the front of the book.
Discussing it in book group REALLY brought more depth to the book - and I thought I had been reading critically to begin with -- my cohorts criticized the lack of women and girls in the story, particularly their role in the football program, which I had noticed also. People from small towns were MUCH more attuned to the feeling ...more
Discussing it in book group REALLY brought more depth to the book - and I thought I had been reading critically to begin with -- my cohorts criticized the lack of women and girls in the story, particularly their role in the football program, which I had noticed also. People from small towns were MUCH more attuned to the feeling ...more
There are no surprises. This is about a perfect season with a high school football team. You do not need to have a good grasp on football to read this book. I picked it up because it was choosen by the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library as a Kansas Reads. I did not come out to hear Coach Barta talk, and now I wish I would have. This book shows how imporant leadership is - especially to teenagers. The community of small towns and how everyone pulls together. While the focus is on a high school
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This is a high school football story in its finest hour. Small town football ROCKS!! It's the perfect pick for the 2011 Kansas Reads book.
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May 15, 2011
Tiffiny Corbett
marked it as to-read
