Friday night lights : a town, a team, and a dream Cover Image

Friday night lights : a town, a team, and a dream / H.G. Bissinger.

Bissinger, Buzz, 1954- (author.).

Summary:

Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the idol 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. [In this book, the author] chronicles 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. -Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 0306813742
ISBN: 0306814250
ISBN: 030681529X
ISBN: 9780306809903
ISBN: 9780306813740
ISBN: 9780306815294
Physical Description: xiv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: Da Capo Press movie tie-in edition
Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2004.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue -- PRE-SEASON: Odessa -- The watermelon feed -- Boobie -- THE SEASON: Dreaming of heroes -- Black and White -- The ambivalence of ivory -- School days -- East versus West -- Friday night politics -- Boobie who? -- PUSH FOR THE PLAYOFFS: Sisters -- Civil war -- Heads or tails -- POST-SEASON: Friday night addiction -- The algebraic equation -- Field of dreams -- Epilogue -- Afterword.
Target Audience Note:	1220L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR UG 8 19 6037.