Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Friday Night Lights

Bissinger, H. G.

Genre: sports

Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa--the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small, dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business. In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times, its murder rate skyrockets. But every Friday night from September to December, when the Permian High School Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true. With frankness and compassion, H. G. Bissinger chronicles a season in the life of Odessa and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires--and sometimes shatters--the teenagers who wear the Panthers' uniforms.

THIS BOOK IS LOST.  :(    
EXTRA CREDIT TO ANYONE WHO CAN GET ME A REPLACEMENT.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I really enjoyed this book mainly because it was about football and secondly because it is my favorite movie ever made. I would rate this book a 10.