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313 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper |
October, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-229385-5$16.99
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4-6
Sixth grader Cory, a promising running back from a rough Irish neighborhood, receives his injured best friend's football scholarship to a private school. When he is a suspect in a break-in, Cory is determined to be more than a kid from the wrong side of the tracks. Despite the predictable plot, the brisk pace and lively descriptions of game play will drawn in readers.