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Halfback Tough by: Thomas J. Dygard Reviewed by Chase |
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| The story is about a kid who gets bad grades and makes trouble, Joe Atkins. He goes to a school called Worthington High. Joe is always being questioned by the police officers when something bad has happened. He then goes to a different school , Graham High. At Graham High, he was sitting on the bleachers, smoking a cigarette, and watching a tennis game. Then ,a kid comes by and says, "There's no smoking." He didn't even know the guy. Then he gets the feeling and wants to try out football. So he went up to the booth and asked how do I sign up? The said "Just fill out this form and turn it back to me when your done." Later when he turned it in, the booth person said, "you didn't put a position in, what would you like to be? He looked over at a paper and it said halfback. So he said halfback, I would like to be the halfback. Then the next day he had practice and was assigned second string, 1st string was Jason McNeal. Then after a while Joe was being put on the team as 1st string. He was happy about him being on the football team, but he still felt like an outsider. Then while being in the game he became more and more popular and was getting good grades and had a good attitude. Every game he played he won and when he played the most hardest team "Alexandria" it was Wildcats7 Visitors 7 at halftime, then they got back on the field and finally the score was…find out what happens by reading this great book by Thomas J Dygard. I think the author is a great writer and makes sense. Most books I read don't make sense but this was the only book that I could fully understand. The author has made fifteen sports novels, all published by Puffin in paperback. | |
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