Game Change
by Joseph Monninger
2021-01-01 20:22:00
Subtle, nuanced, and full of heart" ( Kirkus Reviews), this powerful story about football and a boy on the brink of adulthood is perfect for fans of Carl Deuker and Mike Lupica.Seventeen-year-old Zeb Holloway is happy to work in his uncle''s auto rep...
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Subtle, nuanced, and full of heart" ( Kirkus Reviews), this powerful story about football and a boy on the brink of adulthood is perfect for fans of Carl Deuker and Mike Lupica.
Seventeen-year-old Zeb Holloway is happy to work in his uncle''s auto repair shop and cruise through school without much effort. He''s a quarterback on his high school''s undefeated football team, but he never plays. That is, until the star player is injured a week before the state championships.
As Zeb assumes the role of QB and team leader, the entire town is watching him. And when a college recruiter says Zeb could have a future beyond his small New Hampshire town, he realizes there''s a bigger life out there for him.
Can one game really change everything? Fate and football collide in this moving sports novel."
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