Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

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Summary: A Football Story
Review: Friday Night Lights is a book about a high school football team in a small town. Everyone in the small town of Odessa is all about Permian High School Football. Permian High School football team was a good football team. Their goal was to with the state championship. The team's best player was probably Boobie. Boobie wasn't from Odessa, he moved to Odessa when he was adopted by his uncle LV. When Boobie lived with his father, his father used to beat him with extension cords. One day at school the school officials saw that Boobie had been beaten, and they wouldn't let him go home. When they finally went to court, Boobie was placed in his uncle LV's care. That is when Boobie had to move to Odessa. When he moved to Odessa, he started playing football for his uncles pop warner team. When he started playing football for Permian High School, there were many colleges in the United States that wanted him to come play football for them. Boobie was a major part of the football team, until he got injured in a scrimmage game. That knee injury basically ended Boobies football career. Even though the team's star player was injured, the team went on to go far in the playoffs.

Friday Night Lights is a good book that I enjoyed reading. I liked this book because it showed how a team was able to come together after losing one of their best players, and almost win a state championship. I also like how things turned out good for Boobie when he had to move to Odessa with his Uncle. When he moved to Odessa, many top colleges wanted him. When Boobie got injured, it showed that a simple injury can change just about your whole future. Friday Night Lights is a good book and I recommend it to everyone who enjoys reading about sports.

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Summary: I think I missed the point
Review: Growing up, most evenings - especially in the summer - we would go to bed before dark. Every Friday, however, we stayed up a little later and adjourned well after dark. On these special evenings and to calm little imaginations, we used our Friday night lights.

For this reason I was especially excited to read this book. I expected a sentimental story, dealing with the dilemmas of childhood. I wanted a tale addressing the no-mans-land between no longer being a small child but not yet an adolescent. What I got was an inane book about high school football.

Note to all prospective readers: the title refers to stadium lighting, not to small room lights used on certain days of the week.

Sometimes, I fear, I just don't get it.


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Summary: The Lights Are On In Texas
Review: Odessa is known to be a big place on dream. This story shows the light of the people who live in Odessa Texas. A high school team called the Permian Panthers play every Friday night September through December. The Permian Panthers are the "winningest" team in Texas. Odessa, a town that is rated third for most murders, doesn't stop the Permian Panthers from winning. Bobbie the running back is the best player on the team. In preseason Bobbie gets a mild injury that takes him out for six weeks. Instead of staying out for six weeks he goes back in three weeks. Bobbie has a mild knee injury he is playing on. Bobbie gets a bone-crushing hit that takes him out for the season. Mark Winchell the quarter back for the Panthers has a dad that is very hard on him because he won State. Every year the panthers have gone to State. This year they need to go and win. I recommend this book to anyone who likes football.

Avery, Davis, Travis