Who Is Jason Smith?

At this camp Danny’s friends are all in different groups, leaving him all alone. To make matters worse for Danny, all of the kids in his group are a lot bigger, faster, and skilled more than he is. This makes Danny start to regret coming to this camp. At the beginning of camp nothing is going right for Danny. His coach doesn't like him, his friends aren’t with him, and a boy named Rasheed Hill, whose team got beat by Danny’s team in the championship game

He plays until it gets dark and starts as soon as the sun comes up. His mom dyes and he doesn’t tell anyone. So he’s living on his own, stealing things to get by. One day he decides he needs a new pair of sneakers for the season and goes to the Footlocker on the other side of town. When he try’s to steal them he gets caught. This forces him to either go to a group home, or get adopted right away. The Lawton’s adopted him. They are very nice but Jayson isn’t accepting them like he should. He starts off hating his new school and his new teammates. Soon he gets along with them and meets a friend named Zoe. Zoe is really nice even when Jayson is mean. Soon Jayson and Zoe are dating and Jayson finds out that Zoe’s parents want her to be perfect. A couple of weeks later Jayson over hears Zoe’s mom talking about how Jayson is a thief and a drug dealer. The thief part was right but the drugs were not. Zoe didn’t talk to him again. This made Jayson focus on basketball just so he didn’t think about Zoe. He won the league championship against his old team in the final

People who enjoy realistic-fiction novels that include sibling rivalry, sports, making life changes, and the tension of a dysfunctional family environment will be interested in reading this journal writing from the first person perspective of Paul Fisher. This novel includes characteristics of middle school encounters ; therefor, ages 10 and up will appreciate this

High school is a big time for change in a teenagers life. They go through problems with friends, family, grades, and sports. For Andy Jackson, a 17 year old student at Hazelwood High School, he went through all of those troubles. He plays for the basketball team with his friends Rob Washington, Tyrone Mills, and B.J. Carson. One night after basketball practice, Andy was drinking alcohol and driving which led them to get in a car crash. Andy, Tyrone, and B.J. escaped the car with a few cuts and bruises, but Rob got stuck and burned to death. Rob’s death brought Andy to blame himself. He turns away from his friends, his girlfriend, Keisha, and his family. Andy changes negatively after the car crash; he becomes insecure, he closes up his feelings, and he turns emotionally weak.

As an introduction, Michael Oher was a famous Black American football player that came from a poor family that consist of thirteen children, an absentee father and an alcoholic plus drug addict mother in the village of Memphis, Tennessee (Bell, 2009). In Michael’s childhood, he did not enjoy any love or caring from his parent as both of them do not want to be in charge of him and

    Mike Winchell,Permian’s starting quarterback, strived to make his father proud. His father, Billy Winchell, had been in an oil accident that “Had cost him his leg,” and eventually his father leg go,all too soon for Mike(Bissinger,73). Mike’s fathers death at 13, combined with his parents split-up when he was 5, forced Mike to grow up at a very young age. Billy and Mike had a very strong father-son relationship,and his father assisted in coaching Mike the sports that he played; Billy was a very demanding and harsh,but compassionate instructor, guiding Mike through his baseball and football career. Billy was very leaneate in certain charastics of raising his son,but also consequential in other aspects,insisting “He had to go to college,there could be no two ways

The first character , Arlo , is the main character of this book.Arlo could be described as being a savior of his town, athletic, smart in football, dumb making friends,arlo’s dating Sandy. Other people think that Arlo’s overconfident with the stuff he does, he talks a lot of crap about other players, and he was serious about success. “All I ever wanted to do was hit people, is that so bad? Does that make me a bad guy?” Arlo said this before his first Freshman football practice. When Arlo said this readers knew that Arlo was about to make this defense A whole lot better. The second character , Lloyd, is Arlo’s brother. He is described as being drunk a lot, Lloyd was very athletic until he quit, and lastly he was high all the time, lloyd even got caught with bags of weed by a officer. One day of his Senior year of practice Lloyd decides to “retire” from football. After practice he told his Mom “Yes. Mother, of course I’ve been drinking. Wouldn’t you be drinking if you were thrown off the football team ?” Lloyd knows in his mind that he’s not a good brother , Lloyd was also described as “reliable when you need it

There aren’t any footsteps or shouts, which is unfortunate as it would signal help is nearby. Daniel is crying beneath him, clutching at his right knee, one of the two he seems to have now, covered by baggy jeans that are turning darker in the poor lighting. Carter and Daniel go through the routine of determining the injury severity. Carter’s heart rate is high. The light, crisp air rushes into and out of his lungs as he subverts his panic. The two of them are 150 feet into the woods on a gravel trail behind the horse pen. Carter glances around in the dark, looking for sticks or something to brace Daniels grotesque knee. He grabs two branches, each about an inch in diameter and two feet in length, then takes off the gym socks he has worn five days this week without washing. Placing the twigs on either side of Daniel’s leg he ties one sock around the knee and another around the ankle. This boy must be dumb. Hillcrest is on the other side of camp, where everyone else is. Carter looks around for his backpack, that’s right, he left it at the cabin for the game. He pats his pockets looking for his phone. Empty. He surveys the area and doesn’t see where it may have landed in the collision and gives it up as lost. Gently tying his faded shirt around the dark patch, Carter stands. He places his arms under Daniel’s and lifts him to his feet. Daniel’s face is contorted and frightening cast in

Jebidiah Ethan Smith (1 December 1808-23 June 1870?) was born in city of Hastings, in the county of East Sussex, on the south coast of England. He was an English Oxford Professor, archaeologist, scholar, occultist, ceremonial magician, ancient world explorer and curator. His crowning accomplishment was the translation and publication of "A Commentary on the Book of Gates" and promoted an unnamed religion of the First Gods. He had never considered himself a prophet of this belief but considered himself a medium responsible for guiding the world into the coming Age of the First Gods.

In the tv series Jason Street begins the season, until he suffered a career ending hit that paralyzed him for his life. This paved the way for no-name Matt Saracen, a sophomore backup who had never seen the field and had very limited athletic ability. Where as, the movie features Mike Winchell a senior, receiving his first start ever as a panther. The hard-working, small and determined quarterback faces adversity and leads his panther team to victory even without star running back and offensive juggernaut Booby Miles. Winchell takes it upon himself to lead his team and show them what he can do. On the other hand, in the tv series, Matt Saracen is struggling to find confidence in his new role on the team. “I just want to be back-up again.” He pleads. This is where coach Eric Taylor steps in and teaches the young quarterback how to work with what he’s got, and how to manage a football game. Saracen in his first start only threw the ball four times, but one pass was a completion for the game-winning touchdown. Mike Winchell and Matt Saracen are your average, home-grown, Texas boy, who grew up without a father or a mother. Both Saracen and Winchell are without parents, but still have loving grandmas that attend/watch every game. The two have very similar backgrounds but opposite demeanor, Winchell always worked hard and never was handed anything. Saracen was handed the starting quarterback job after Jason was paralyzed, and he didn’t want the responsibility. This adds to his uprising throughout the next couple of weeks. After he won the first game at quarterback, people said, “Jason Street who?” He didn’t know Jason before the injury and he didn't know what to do, so he went to Jason for help regarding leadership and stepping up when the team needed it. Jason taught Saracen to not take anything for granted, how to leave it all on the field and how to overcome adversity and

John Smith many people over heard the name in the American history . According to the Love and hate in James town book, the Arthur focus on Smith in a lot of points. Smith history and, how he got to be a big part of the colony; also, it tells the reader how Smith become important to the natives. Most Americans watched Pocahontas the cartoon that Disney created and they believed the story as it is; nevertheless, Price shows the reader that Smith was not with blonde hair, as tall, or fell in love with Pocahontas. Price focused on Smiths background and education, Smith after his dad died, and how important Smith was to the survival.

Despite having a remarkably commonplace name, John Smith proved to be anything but. Born in 1580, England, to a family of farmers, Smith took a completely different route from that of his family and became a soldier at the young age of sixteen. After several years into his career, Smith eventually rose to the rank of captain. Sadly, his good fortune was fleeting, for he was soon captured by a Turk and sent to work for a maiden- who he soon fell in love with. Reportedly, she fancied him too, and sent him to her brother so that John could train for the Turkish imperial service. Luck eluded him once again, as her brother proved to be heinous. In response to this, John killed him, fled, and then later returned to England. Oh, and he was only twenty-five

“John Smith was as bland and inconsequential as his name.” (Fusi, 45) This quote shows 2 things, how boring John is and Fusi’s interpretation of him. This quote uses John’s name as an example of his personality. That suggests that W.D. Valgardson chose John’s name to show his personality. To paint a picture of John Smith you need to know his physical features, his interaction with other characters and finally his personality.

Cody Musket, a professional baseball player, suffers from PTSD brought on by his days as a Marine. Brandi Barnes is a journalist with her own dark past in a battle with terrible men that want to make an example of her. Both of their lives intertwine one fateful night when Cody saves her life. Going on the run, Cody takes it upon himself to ensure the safety of Brandi and her family. As the week goes by and Cody is forced to face the cause of his PTSD, Brandi is also forced to come to terms with her own past. In the midst of it all, both find themselves clinging to their unexpected,

A dying wife, a son experimenting with heroin, and a patient who pushes to explore a mysterious series of deaths leads Dustin to sift through memories that he wished he could forget. In his youth, Dustin faced abused by his ignorant parents, and a belligerent stepbrother that participated in satanic rituals. Until one day, when he wakes up to see the family massacred on a camping trip, and only one person is to blame: his brother. 30 years have passed since that incident, and now that the brother is released, things get a lot more complicated. These murders soon begin to reveal a connection.. One that reveals lies inside what they thought was the truth.