Deuker, Carl.

Payback time / by Carl Deuker. - Boston : Graphia, c2010. - 298 p. ; 21 cm.

Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011 School Library Journal, September 2010 Booklist starred, September 2010 Horn Book, November 2010 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2010 Teacher Librarian, June 2011 Kirkus Review, August 2010

Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly agrees to be the sports reporter for the Lincoln High newspaper because he is determined to be a writer, but he senses a real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses to stand out on the field--or to discuss his past.

Young Adult Follett Library Resources.



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Reporters and reporting--Fiction.
Football--Fiction.
Obesity--Fiction.
Courage--Fiction.
High schools--Fiction.
School stories.

PZ7.D493 / Pay 2010

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