Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, & A Dream

Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, & A Dream is by H.G. Bissinger. A classic nonfiction exploration of Texas high school football. The Permian Panthers of Odessa, Texas, live for one thing - football. This is the story of the 1988 team and their quest for the State Championship. Bissinger looks at the team: it's members and coaches, and the town and its history and challenges. Having grown up in a small Texas town that still managed to seat over ten thousand in the high school football stadium, I related to this book in many ways. Anyone who lives in a town dominated by a sport of any kind will enjoy this book. 

Ratings: 11th grade - 9 out of 10 - P (profanity) - AC (mature thematic content).