Kenny Boyar's Fated Mate

Multiple chapters in the book discussed in depth about characters Boobie Miles, Mike Winchell, and Ivory Christian. Each of these players had varying backgrounds, and motivations about why they played football. These chapters also discuss the lives of players off of the field, and how the academics at Permian were backseat to their powerhouse football team.

One loyal and determined 12 year old is one heck of a football player. Ty Lewis a star for his statewide team is catching all passes thrown to him, while saving people close to him constantly. Not only is Ty the fastest person on his team, but he’s also quick on his feet. He managed to save his brother while putting criminals behind bars. The bond between two brothers is shown by this quote “Only Ty’s quick thinking,and well timed shove….saved Thane.

The novel begins with preseason football in the heat of a Texas summer. The players and coaches practice over 4 hours a day in 100-degree weather. The media is affecting every player pushing for a state championship and college scouts at every practice. The boys who gave completely of themselves for their sport are unique personalities. From dedicated quarterback Mike Winchell to Harvard-bound Brian Chavez to the inscrutable Ivory Christian, the team was full of young men who were singular human beings, each one bringing something special and indefinable to their group. And that's just scratching the very surface.The book recounts the tragic story of Boobie Miles, team’s star running back who had been highly recruited by all of the major programs. He is expected to attend and earn a scholarship to a large state college. The community

“Koby is a true team leader for us,” Lienhard said. “Here’s a guy that was deciding whether to be a priest or go play college baseball and he chose the baseball route by signing with Newman. He’s one of the hardest working kids I’ve had over the years here in Wichita.”

During the season they encounter hardships and adversity and learn how to overcome them. Tim Green has currently written over 50 books and is still writing. These books consist of suspense novels, nonfiction and children's books. One of his best selling books Unstoppable is about a middle school aged kid who has bone cancer, causing him to have to get his leg amputated, but the boy is still trying to have a football career. In this book like all of his other books Tim Green is able to connect the story to everyday life and how it is like to be an athlete while still growing up, which allows me to relate his stories to my

I also thought this story had good imagery. When Duke tried out for the wrestling team he was still described as small for his age but it says that “in his sophomore year he started on the junior varsity, and between his sophomore and junior season he suddenly blossomed into a powerhouse” and says “ each time Duke worked out, new muscles seemed to sprout on his

Bob had move to a larger school and did not make the team for there were too many players on the team, following his cut from the team, Bob’s “self-esteem lowered” and he “felt so embarrassed.” Bob’s cut from his high school baseball team as a youth affected the way he looked upon himself; he saw himself as an embarrassment and his view of himself was knocked down. Now as a partner of Jenner & Block law firm, Bob realizes that since then he has “always been something of an overachiever.” Consequently, Bob’s cut caused him to become an overachiever, due to the fact that he never wanted to be not good enough

Having recently recovered from a life threatening illness, twenty-four year old Sean Troy is unsure of how to move forward with his life. In the days that follow, guided by his tremendous appetites—for food, for booze, for sexual gratification—he loses himself in the two great loves of his life: baseball and Elissa, the object of his unrequited affections in high school. With the Sox poised to make a historic run at baseball immortality and the girl of his dreams madly in love with him, Sean’s life couldn’t be better. But dark secrets from Elissa’s recent past and Sean’s discovery that he has room in his heart for baseball and baseball alone

Jamie, while motioning with his hands, retells his difficult transition, shifting from high school varsity to minor league. “I was used to being one of the top players at my high school, but now I’m playing with and competing against the best athletes from other high schools, states, and even countries. It was definitely a big roadblock to overcome.” With starting to play in the minors at age 18, it started to take a toll on Jamie, both mentally and physically. He would often practice a couple times a day for hours at a time almost everyday of the week. While talking about his transition to the minors, Jamie paused and leaned forward with his hands on the table; “It was definitely tough, tougher than I thought that it would be. Once I was away from home and family, I felt a void for the first time. I started to feel empty. I knew that my end goal was to play professional baseball, I just didn’t know how to connect the dots from where I was to my goal; I didn’t know how to overcome that roadblock. Once I gave my life to Christ, I still missed my family but I never felt lonely again.” A second thing that helped Jamie overcome his state of emptiness was his teammates and relationships that formed on the

Leaping up out of his soft, comfy bed, Biff Carter couldn’t have been more prepared for that night. Throwing on his football jersey, pushing his long blonde hair back, and brushing his perfect white teeth, Biff raced downstairs and grabbed an apple and a banana for breakfast - an ideal breakfast for a huge game day. Once at school, Biff could hardly sit still, constantly violently shaking his leg and consistently tapping his pencil. Tonight was the big football championship - the first time in twenty years that the team has been to the championships. Once in third period, administration made the announcement on the intercom to dismiss the football team to the buses. Finally the football team made it to Miami, visiting the tremendous football

To any person who is from a small town in Texas, football is king. Everything is football or related to football, and in Odessa, Texas in 1988, football reigned supreme. Football became the escape for people’s problems and the town turned to the Permian Panthers for and saw hope in a successful football team when there was little hope to be found elsewhere. Each character in this story faces their own unique trials and tribulations during the football season. Each one of them turned to football as the key to solving their problems, much like everyone in their town does. Football masked the problems in the characters homes, the financial hardship that troubled the town, and covered up the large amounts of racism that were very prevalent at this time.

Imagine if you just meet an ex NFL player in the park and he becomes your best friend how would you feel? I read a great book wrote by Gordan korman called Pop. This book was action packed and was very interesting which caught the eye of me and the interest of me. The book Pop caught my attention and my interest right from the hook in the beginning of the book. This book is about Marcus Jordan who just moved to the town and he wants to play football for the highschool and he meets this guy named Charlie and he knows nothing about him and he is and ex NFL player and the protagonist in the story Marcus Jordan starts running some pass patterns with Charlie as they just met each other. Marcus Jordan wants to play quarterback at the highschool

It seemed like a raw deal to her, and she liked the boy’s shyness and big white smile. She had taken him home to sleep on her fold-out couch. Bought him new clothes and sneakers, fed him better. She found he was better company than a dog that needed walking, or a cat that would cough up hairballs and need its litter box changed. She didn’t like to use the word love, but if she had any, it was for

For six years, Sydney Davis has completely avoided the man who broke her heart. Now she needs a favor, and ranch owner Cam Thatcher is the only one who can do it. She thought she was over him -- but when she sees him again after all this time, she finds out how wrong she was.

I did not intend to fall in love with Ed Kennedy. For so long I knew that I was falling, and for so long I denied it. I did not want to get hurt again. He was my best friend and that wasn’t something that I wanted to tarnish. I refused to let love get in the way. Love, with its tender arms and beautiful face, can so, so brutal. Like a sledgehammer that rushes up and down my spine, crashes into my skull and vibrates deep inside my brain. Despite my reservations and my hesitations, Ed loved me, he pitied me, and I could see that he did. There was a wash of absence over him, like nostalgia for a future in which he was already living. He was there for me when concrete filled my soul, and held my hand when I could no longer tread the quicksand.