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Key Features:
- Based on the author's own experiences, the novel takes readers on Sam Davis' quest to overcome a haunting past.
- This rousing tale of high school football-and the accompanying glory, heartbreak, and redemption-will win over any fan.
- A great book for young men.
Sam later discovers that rival coach Fred Hawkins had each of his players put a dollar in the pot and whoever put him out of the game got the money.
Twenty years later, Sam comes to teach English at the rival high school, where Coach Hawkins' latest star is the son of Sam's nemesis and the girl he loved in high school. The town questions his motives for coming, but Sam quickly gains a reputation for fairness and teaching skill, and he wins the heart of his old flame's best friend. However, as the school year progresses, a past no one else understands catches up with all of them and Sam must finally decide whether winning is truly the only thing.
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