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Herbach, Geoff. CRACKING THE BELL New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] IL YA ISBN 9780062453143 |
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What if the thing you love most is
the thing that could kill you? Isaiah loves football and
uses it to keep his life structured and give him
purpose. After his sister died it was the only thing
that brought him back from making dangerous choices and
serious juvenile delinquency. But after a crushing blow
on the field that makes him question his future he is
faced with a terrible decision. Knowing his team will
not win without him, and college scholarships are riding
on his performance, he is faced with limited options.
Does he continue to play ball and threaten his life?
What could life possibly look like without the
game? Read this book for more than football,
Isaiah’s family and friends are impacted by his
decisions and he knows he will need them now more than
ever. Fans of the sport will want to read this as we
reflect on the very real concussion crisis in American
football (TuesD
Chambers, Ballard High School for Evergreen
Book Award) |
| SUBJECTS: .Football -- Fiction. Brain -- Concussion -- Fiction. High schools -- Fiction. Schools -- Fiction. |
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