Game Change
HarperCollins · Paperback · August 20, 2019
"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.
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- Who it’s for
- Football pressure meets the uneasy question of what comes after high school.
- Genres
- Football, Coming of Age, YA Stories About Boys & Men
- Published
- HarperCollins, August 20, 2019
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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.
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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.
Beyond the Game
Football pressure meets the uneasy question of what comes after high school.
Come here for
- High-school football with a coming-of-age turn
- A young quarterback facing bigger possibilities
Expect
- Team pressure alongside a young man's widening sense of possibility
- A sports novel where one championship game carries real weight
Where it sits
| Football | 100% |
|---|---|
| Coming of Age | 88% |
| YA Stories About Boys & Men | 64% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Boys & Men
- Coming of Age
- Finding Your Footing
- Football
- Authors
- Joseph Monninger
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 20, 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Boys & Men