Lupica, Mike Lone Stars, 230 pages. Philomel (Penguin), 2017. $18.
Content: G (1 swear, 0 ‘f’)
Clay’s whole life is wrapped up in his PeeWee football
season. His coach, Coach Cooper, is even
a former professional player from the Dallas Cowboy 1995 season. While his mother loves football as much as
Clay does, she is more worried about the effects of concussions on players,
especially her son. When Coach Coop
starts displaying signs of faltering memory, Clay, his best friend David, and
David’s sister Maddie work together to save the season and Coach’s dignity.
When Lupica writes sports action, he is as brilliant as
ever. This time, however, I feel he
missed a very opportunity to talk seriously about traumatic brain
injuries. Instead, the tweens keep
everything hidden, even their own injuries, through to the final pages. Because of that, I can’t give this my
heartiest recommendation.
EL, MS - ADVISABLE.
Cindy, Library Teacher
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