Friday Night Lights

Friday Night Lights

by Buzz Bissinger

3 mentors recommend this 367 pages

Return once again to the timeless account of 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 nigh

ISBN: 9781281919724

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Brian Grazer

Brian Grazer

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"About the fragility of what it’s like to grow up as a young boy – 15, 16, 17 years old."

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Jeff Atwood

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""He lost the testicle but he did make All State." super late to this party, but the book Friday Night Lights is brutally honest documentary"

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