Roughnecks - Hardcover

Cochran, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152014330 ISBN 13: 9780152014339

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers, 1997

Synopsis

With the whole town watching, Travis Cody prepares for the most important football game of his life. He’ll have forty-eight minutes to prove he isn’t a quitter and to redeem himself for letting Grooms break him on the play that cost the Roughnecks an undefeated regular season. And as Travis says, football is about lining up against somebody and finding out who can and who can’t, who’s a winner and who’s a loser. It’s about facing--and defining--the truth about yourself. “A promising debut: thematically complex, strongly written.”--Kirkus Reviews

About this title

Review:

Time passes, and it's impossible to call a time-out in the middle of life. Travis Cody learns many of these lessons on the football field, head-to-head against the competition. Is he a winner or a loser? A single play could change the whole texture of his life--or could it? In his brilliant debut novel, Thomas Cochran takes us out on the gridiron and inside the mind of Travis Cody, a high-school senior preparing for the most important game of his life. With the whole town of Oil Camp watching his performance on the field, Travis may find the courage to learn an even bigger lesson: defining the truth is more important than simply facing it.

About the Author:

THOMAS COCHRAN is the author of "Running the Dogs" & "Roughnecks". He lives in West Fork, Arkansas.

About this edition

• Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0152014330
• ISBN 13: 9780152014339
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256