Payback Time by Carl Deuker

Deuker, Carl Payback Time, 304 p. Houghton, 2010.  $16.00.  Content: G (5 swears, 0 “F”).  There’s a stranger playing on the Lincoln High football team this year.  He might be great, but he definitely seems to be hiding something.  Mitch True can smell a story – a story that could helped this pudgy, overlooked student make a name and get himself into a great college.  But what Mitch knows as true isn’t necessarily all of the facts – and those last few facts could mean the difference between life and death.  Deuker is still on a roll, combing great football with a tense mystery.  MS, HS – ESSENTIAL.  Cindy, Library Teacher.