
Second Impact
Making the Hardest Call of All
Square Fish · Print & ebook · August 5, 2014
Kendall is football town, and Jerry Downing is the high school's star quarterback, working to redeem himself after he nearly killed a girl in a drunk driving accident last year.
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- Who it’s for
- A sports-driven read with a brisk, staged feel and a clean hit of momentum.
- Genres
- Football, Addiction & Substance Use for Teens, YA Illness & Disease Stories
- Published
- Square Fish, August 5, 2014
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Kendall is football town, and Jerry Downing is the high school's star quarterback, working to redeem himself after he nearly killed a girl in a drunk driving accident last year. Carla Jenson, lead reporter for the school newspaper's sports section, has recruited Jerry to co-author a blog chronicling the season from each of their perspectives.
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When Jerry's best friend on the team takes a hit too hard and gets hurt, Carla wonders publicly if injury in the game comes at too high a cost in a player's life—but not everyone in Kendall wants to hear it. . . . David Klass and Perri Klass's Second Impact is an action-packed story that will resonate with readers who have been following recent news stories about football injuries.
Fast Contact
A sports-driven read with a brisk, staged feel and a clean hit of momentum.
Come here for
- sports-action mix
- performance-friendly momentum
Expect
- fiction for teens
- football, soccer, and skateboarding signals
Where it sits
| Football | 99% |
|---|---|
| Addiction & Substance Use for Teens | 75% |
| YA Illness & Disease Stories | 66% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Illness & Disease Stories
- Football
- Authors
- David Klass, Perri Klass
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- August 5, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- YA Illness & Disease Stories