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Description
The town on Naponee is barely a speck on the state map. It's most famous citizen and favorite son is a high school standout. Sid Malone, who went on to playbig-time football at the University of Nebraska. "Suicide" Side graduated with a heroic nickname, his left knee held together with spit and thumbtacks, and the stigma of having testified against his alma mater before an NCAA investigation committee.
Author
Series
Amos Decker novels volume 2
Description
Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution, for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier, when he's granted and unexpected reprieve. Another man has confessed to the crime. Amos Decker, newly hired on an FBI special task force, takes an interest in Mars's case after discovering the striking similarities to his own life: Both men were talented football players with promising careers cut short...
3) Left out
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
Description
All Landon Dorch has ever wanted is to be like everyone else. His deafness and the way he talks have been obstacles all his life. But now he finally sees his chance to fit in. Bigger and taller than any other seventh grader in his new school, Landon plans to use his size to his advantage and join the schools football team. But the same speech problems and the cochlear implants that help him hear continue to haunt him. Just when it looks like Landon...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Arlo Brodie loves being at the heart of the action on the football field, and while his dad cheers him on, his mother quotes head injury statistics and refuses to watch, but Arlo's winning plays, the cheering crowds, and the adrenaline rush are enough to convince him that everything is OK, in spite of the pain, the pounding, the dizziness, and the confusion. --publisher marketing.
5) Game changer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Teddy Youngblood is in a coma fighting for his life after an unspecified football injury at training camp. His family and friends flock to his bedside to support his recovery--and to discuss the events leading up to the tragic accident. Was this an inevitable result of playing a violent sport, or was something more sinister happening on the field that day? Told in an innovative, multimedia format combining dialogue, texts, newspaper...
7) Final season
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"With two all-star college football players for brothers and a former Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman for a father, it is only natural for sixth-grade quarterback Benjamin Redd to follow in their footsteps. However, after his dad receives a heartbreaking ALS diagnosis--connected to all those hard hits and tackles he took on the field--Ben's mom becomes more determined than ever to get Ben to quit football. Ben isn't playing just for himself though....
9) Paralyzed
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A football tackle gone wrong puts a boy in hospital and leaves star linebaker Reggie Scoot feeling confused, guilty and alone.
10) Concussion
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalus emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful and beloved institutions in the world.
11) Lone stars
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Description
When Coach Coop, a former star player for the Dallas Cowboys, starts exhibiting side effects from the many concussions he suffered while playing professionally, twelve-year-old wide receiver Clay Hollis becomes determined to help him get through the football season until Thanksgiving, when Coach plans to attend a ceremony honoring him and his former Super Bowl-winning teammates.
12) Second impact
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
When Jerry Downing, star quarterback in a small football town, gets a second chance after his drunk driving had serious consequences, Carla Jensen, ace reporter for the school newspaper, invites him to join her in writing a blog, mainly about sports.
13) Dinged
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Fourteen-year-old star freshman quarterback Caleb Springer watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very same sport, forcing Caleb to consider whether playing football, the sport of his dreams, is worth risking irreparable physical harm.
14) At all costs
Author
Series
Red zone volume 4
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Kyle doesn't see much game time. Mike is more successful-even if he's taken some hits. When Kyle realizes a hole in the concussion detection program, he has to decide whether to tell his friend"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Quarterback Alex Dare had it all -- an all-star football career and his choice of willing women -- until injury forces him into early retirement. When he is offered a ground-breaking position with a rival team, he's intrigued, but there's a catch. He'll be working alongside the same woman he callously hurt when she got too close for comfort. Social worker Madison Evans grew up in foster homes and knows what it means to have-not. She isn't impressed...
16) Brain blitz
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Tony Andia is the Peabody football team's starting quarterback. After he hits the ground hard during a game he just isn't himself. His friend Artie thinks Tony might have a concussion. Artie thinks he should tell Coach Joh. But should he get involved?"--
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Laurel is a struggling fashion designer who finds herself with a job as a personal assistant for Danny, a quarterback sidelined with an injury. Laurel knows nothing about football and Danny hasn't ever had a female assistant. Will they work together and find true love, or end up on the bench?