| Product Summary | | Format: Hardcover | | ISBN: 9780613182744 | | Publisher: Econo-Clad Books | | Publish Date: 9/1/2001 | | Buy.com Sku: 30930511 | | Item#: R9RQNJ | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 68799 | | Dimensions (in Inches) 7H x 4.75L x 0.75T | | Age Range: 16 to 21 |
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| | | | "The house is dark and still when I wake up. I glance at the thin red digits of my clock radio to see how far ahead of the alarm I am. Half and hour. If this were any other day I'd smile, roll over, and return to dreamland. I'd never make it back there today though, so I don't even try..." (from the first line) Annotation:
High school senior Travis Cody lives in Oil Camp, Louisiana, where football is king. Travis's team has just made it into the playoffs for the Louisiana AA State High School Football Championship, where they will once again meet their rivals, the Pineview Pelicans, the only team to defeat Oil Camp during the regular season. That one loss haunts Travis, who blames himself for not playing tough enough against Pineview's star, Jericho Grooms. This novel follows Travis during the day of the big game as he prepares emotionally and physically for his rematch with Jericho and the rest of the Pelicans.
| PraiseBulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Much of the action is internal, and the prose occasionally bugs down in the details, but Cody is a complex, admirable character. This is an involving study of a young athlete reacting to intense pressure with extreme grace." - Janice M. Del Negro October 1997Voya
"If you are expecting a great deal of football action, you will be disappointed. However, if you want to discover how a likeable young man haunted by one mistake matures and rises to the occasion, you will love this story." - William R. Mollineaux December 1997 |
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