Hit CountHit Count
Title rated 4 out of 5 stars, based on 6 ratings(6 ratings)
eBook, 2015
Current format, eBook, 2015, , Available .Arlo Brodie loves being on the football field, getting hit hard and hitting back harder. That's where he belongs, leading his team to championships, becoming "Starlo" on his way to the top. Arlo's dad cheers him on, but his mother quotes head-injury statistics and refuses to watch. Arlo's girlfriend tries to make him see how dangerously he's playing; when that doesn't work, she calls time-out on their relationship. Even Arlo's coaches begin to track his hit count, ready to pull him off the field when he nears the limit. But Arlo's not worried about tallying collisions. The cheering crowds and the adrenaline rush convince him that everything is OK-in spite of the pain, the pounding, the dizziness, and the confusion. In Hit Count, Chris Lynch explores the American love affair with contact sports and our attempts to come to terms with clear evidence of real danger. PRAISE FOR HIT COUNT: "Lynch offers a powerful, provocative look at the dark side of popular sports and their potential cost, using Arlo as a cautionary, even tragic tale. Arlo's rise and fall is handled skillfully, allowing readers into the self-destructive, self-deceiving mindset of an addict without condemning him." -Publishers Weekly "This unflinching examination of the price of athletic power, with plenty of bone-crunching play-by-play action, is both thought-provoking and formidable." -The Horn Book Magazine "The strength of this hard-hitting novel is how well award-winning author Chris Lynch portrays the drive and hunger of young football players . . . This intense timely story provides incredible insight as to why knowledge of football's potential danger is not enough to keep young players from taking the field." -Kirkus Reviews "An important work that raises troubling questions about the culture of violence in American high school sports." -School Library Journal "Lynch offers a powerful, provocative look at the dark side of popular sports and their potential cost, using Arlo as a cautionary, even tragic tale. Arlo's rise and fall is handled skillfully, allowing readers into the self-destructive, self-deceiving mindset of an addict without condemning him." -Publishers Weekly A Booklist 2015 Top Ten Sports Books for Youth A Junior Library Guild Selection Acclaimed author Chris Lynch explores the American love affair with football and our attempts to come to terms with the dangers of the sport through Arlo Brodie, a teen who loves being at the heart of the action on the football field, getting hit hard and hitting back harder. Chris Lynch is the author of many acclaimed young adult novels, including Little Blue Lies, Pieces, Angry Young Man, the National Book Award Finalist Inexcusable, and the Printz Honor Book Freewill. Chris is on the faculty of the creative writing MFA program at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When he's not teaching or visiting family in Boston, he lives in Scotland. FRESHMAN YEAR The Drill The File The Good Life Muscle Memory Dinos Everything Is a Competition Hit List Give Thanks There Are No Off-℗ƯSeasons Lighter Air How High Sandy Dinos Descends SOPHOMORE YEAR Varsity You Have to Earn It Starlo Cheers A Funny Thing Right and Wrong A New Year Island Arlo JUNIOR YEAR September Subs and Scrubs Hits and Lists A Violent Game Out of Control Structures Random Access Memory Coach Ground Zero Bam! Toxic Space Hello Good-℗ƯBye Stinygiasou Brand-℗ƯNew Man SENIOR YEAR Brutus Contact Coach Impervious The Fight Thing Duckin' And Divin' Helmet Consequences Are Consequences Balance Dawn Porch Reader's Guide About the Author About Algonquin Young Readers "A powerful story that illuminates both the dangers of head trauma in athletes and the psyche
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