Friday Night Lights (25th Anniversary Edition): A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Named Sports Illustrated's best football book of all time and a #1 NYT bestseller, this is the classic story of a high school football team whose win-loss record has a profound influence on the town around them.

 

Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa -- the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams, but every Friday night from September to December, when the Panthers play football, dreams can come true.

 

With frankness and compassion, Pulitzer Prize winner H. G. Bissinger unforgettably captures a season in the life of Odessa and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires -- and sometimes shatters -- the teenagers who wear the Panthers' uniforms.

 

The inspiration for the hit television program and film of the same name, this anniversary edition features a new afterword by the author.

Reason: Banned, Obscene language, sexual content, and racism

Author: H. G. Bissinger
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 08/11/2015
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780306824203

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8
Point Value: 19
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 6037 / Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

About the Author
H. G. Bissinger is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of five books, including the New York Times bestsellers Three Nights in August and Friday Night Lights, the classic that inspired the acclaimed movie and television series. He is a longtime contributing editor for Vanity Fair and has written for the New York Times, the New Republic, the Daily Beast, and many other publications. He divides his time between homes in Philadelphia and the Pacific Northwest.