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Game Change

by Joseph Monninger

A backup quarterback faces a bigger future

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A backup quarterback faces a bigger future

Seventeen-year-old Zeb Holloway is content with his routine at his uncle’s auto repair shop and an undemanding approach to school, while his place on an undefeated team remains on the sidelines. An injury shortly before the state championships thrusts him into the quarterback role, with his town watching. A college recruiter’s interest also puts new possibilities beyond his New Hampshire hometown into view. Football and the decisions opening up around it give the novel a framework for considering responsibility, ambition, and the transition toward adulthood.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in high-school football stories.
  • Readers who enjoy fiction about stepping into responsibility and considering life beyond a small town.
  • Fans of young adult sports fiction.

Themes

Football and teamworkResponsibilityAmbition and opportunityComing of age

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Book overview

"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.

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.
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