Thursday, January 4, 2018

Lone Stars


















Confession - I am not really into sports fiction.  But, some of my students and MSBA readers are so I decided to give this a go.

The book is about Clay, his football team the Stars, and his coach who used to play for the Dallas Cowboys.  The book focuses a lot (a lot) on concussions.  Clay gets hit early on in the book and although he doesn't get a concussion it freaks him out.  Then his best friends David, the QB, gets a concussion.  In addition, he is in a game where 2 players hit each other really hard - neither one has a concussion, but it's all around him.  Then, to top it off, his coach, who isn't really that old, starts having a hard time remembering things.  Is it due to concussions he may have had while playing?

The book does have some funny moments and it is really nice how Clay and a friend Maddie help Coach get through the season and to a reunion of his last Dallas Cowboy team.  

I did find it a bit heavy handed with the concussions.  I do understand that this is a topic that has been overlooked for far too long and is serious but it played a really big part in the book.

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