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=Senin R's 9th Grade Book Review=

Blood, sweat, tears and the hearts of hardcore football players makes Friday night Lights a wonderful childish delight. Also, the dreams of a being future running back vanish from his grip from a measly injury. What do you think would happen in a rural Texas town of Odessa and Midland when everyone was tuning in for a football game of the rival schools? The meaning behind this is that a town and the lights and a dream are mixing in theme of this book. To add in this the future of many of the key players are written in stone. Some players have a future in the game of football. These players make the heart of the football team between Odessa and Permian High. Boobie Smiles is an all star running back that had his future dreams shattered by a shocking, nerve wrecking injury. Then a junior varsity took his place and his glory. Brian Chavez is one of those people that have two personalities. One focused on school and the other on football. He was taking the easier classes than everyone else like everyone in their senior year. Don Billingsey proved that your behavior affects your future. Also, following in your dad’s footsteps isn’t that good either. Winchell the star quarterback, the crush of all the cheerleaders. He was a surprise sensation for the whole year. He started off bad and unsure about his skills and towards the end of year he became the person everyone wanted to be like. Ivory Christian was a good freshman in football but ended returning to his roots, where he went into fixing planes. The shocking twist in this book is that of what teenagers in Texas did after high school not thinking a bout there future. This is a universal message for all young readers that don’t know what their future is yet. Also, it sets some examples. Brian was accepted into Harvard which is an academic privilege. For readers that don’t know what their future is they should start thinking now. For those who do, they should set guidelines and goals to get to their future. Overall, this book shows that football keeps you leashed, if you don’t have a good education you don’t know your future. My recommendation of this book is read it. Read about the legion of high school football fans in rural Texas in the 80’s. For sport fans it’s a perfect fit. For football fans it shows how hard work pays off. This book also teaches about perseverance and not to run away from one’s challenges. To find out what happens when two rival high schools crack this book open and read this book.