Friday Night Lights

(non-fiction)

I Heard about this book throught the movie and television show. Mrs. Widdop brought to my attention that she had the book. I chose the book because I knew it was one of the few books that could keep my attention throughtout the whole book. It did just that because it was a topic i understand and that keeps me intersested.

This book is about a town that bases their entire lives on high school football. How you do is the standard your life succes is measured by. The book covers there entire season from pre-season to the state championship. Its set in the small town of Odessa, Texas at Permian high school. Permian had more wins than any Texas high school in history. They start the season predicted to contend for the state title and the town expects just that. Then suddenly their star running back Booby Miles, who is being recruited by every major college, goes down with a devastating knee injury. The team, town, and state are stunned, and immediatly all expectations for Permian get lowered.

The team does not let it stop them. The back up running back steps up to a level some consider to be higher than what Booby was playing at before. The team ends up in a three way tie for the two playoff spots. They have a coin flip to see who will go to playoffs and Permian wins it they make the playoffs. Once its playoff time Permian plays on a whole new level. They begin dominating teams left and right and it seems as if they can't be stopped. They finally make it to the state championship and play against the unstopable Dalles Carter. Most beileve Permian has no shot at winning the title. However, Permian refuses to beileve it they keep fighting and fighting. In the end Permian loses by one touchdown, but everyone in the town relizes they gave everything they had and oddly for Odessa they embrace them in there loss.

The title is straight forward on fridays the Permian Panthers play football under the lights.

1. Are all the facts true is there any exageration in the intensity of the town?

2.Do they really charter flights to games?

3. Were the players ever recruited from other areas?