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Reviewed by: Mary Lehmer - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 13, 2016

Review

Football is everything to 8th grader Travis. His older brother has just got a scholarship to Gainesville University and Travis wants to join him there someday. He gets that chance when he is promised a scholarship as a QB to the same university in 5 years. Travis is determined to keep that scholarship and works like crazy to be the best. But his recognition starts to change the person that he is and his ego and choices aren’t always the best. This sports novel is filled with lots of football action. It also deals with the doping that goes on even at the high school level and the deadly impact it can have on young athletes. It might seem unreal that an 8th grader would be offered such a scholarship but the afterward gives examples of several cases very similar to Travis'.

Overall Book Score: good