Name: Friday night lights
ISBN: 9780306813740

H. G. Bissinger

a town, a team, and a dream

Friday night lights

Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odessa -- the winningest high school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small, dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business.In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times, its murder rate skyrockets. But every Friday night from September to December, when the Permian High School Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true. With frankness and compassion, Bissinger chronicles one of the Panthers' dramatic seasons and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires-and sometimes shatters-the teenagers who wear the Panthers' uniforms. Includes Reader's Group Guide inside.Now a major motion picture starring Billy Bob Thorton.

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Cola

One of the best sports stories I've ever read. I found myself constantly bouncing back and forth between the idea of how "sad this little town is" to "how beautiful this little town is." 

What? I'm not crying, you're crying.

Olivia

Chronicles a football season in Odessa, Texas, a depressed all-American town that lives and dies with the fortunes of its high school football team.

Sofia Kim

Return once again to the enduring account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa -- the winningest high school football team in Texas history.

A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Friday Night Lights

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Friday night lights a town, a team, and a dream

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