Mick is a running back and he wants to make the varsity team even as a Freshman. His father was a pro-football player who made some wrong choices which ended his career. When Mick's team loses the championship game after he is tackled just inches from the goal line, Mick is determined to get stronger. He starts a rigorous training program, but when he still isn't gaining weight and muscles, he decides to go a different route - steroids. Mick is a good kid. He wants to be the very best running back. His father who is reliving his glory days through his son's success, encouraged Mick even as a little boy to love football. Mick doesn't want to let his father down. Then there's Pierre, his personal trainer at Popeye's (a gym, not the restaurant) who also played a role in influencing Mick. But the bottom line is Mick decided to go on steroids. This is great book full of action during the football games and a realistic portrayal of a good kid making some harmful choices to get ahead.
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The Michael Vey series by Richard Paul Evans is an exciting adventure/science fiction story. Michael is a high school student in Idaho who also has Tourette's Syndrome. But it is not his Tourette's that makes Michael unique. He has electrical powers. He learns that he is not the only one with these powers. A cheerleader, Taylor, admits to him she too has powers. The two, along with Michael's best friend, Ostin, investigates how they got their powers which gets the attention of the Elgen Corporation. Suddenly, Taylor disappears and Michael's mother is kidnapped. Michael and the "Electroclan" must travel to Pasadena to rescue Michael's mother and not know Taylor is there as well.
This is a great series full of action. Just when you think they are safe, danger creeps up to them. There are eight books in the series. This graphic novel is autobiographical as Gene Luen Yang decides to write about his school's boys varsity basketball season. It also discusses the history of basketball and the team, its successes, its disappointments, its controversies, and more. It also covers Yang's personal life and struggles as he writes/draws this book and gets to know the team and its players. This was a fun book to read. I like how personal Yang got as well as how he captured the excitement of the basketball games. Sports fans and graphic novel fans will enjoy this book. |
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