The Late Hit

From the Series Gridiron

  • Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

With talk of their high school shutting down for good, Busby and his best friend Anton know that it might be up to their football team to save the school. With such high stakes, is it worth it to ignore injuries and push through? Will a concussion keep Anton—the star quarterback—from playing? Not if he has anything to say about it! Busby is forced to make a difficult decision. . . .

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Interest Level Grade 6 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre High/Low, Young Adult
Copyright 2017
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Darby Creek ™
Language English
Number of Pages 128
Publication Date 2017-08-01
Text Type Fiction
BISACS YAF059060, YAF011000
Dewey [Fic]
Dimensions 5.25 x 7.5
Lexile 630
ATOS Reading Level 4.0
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 197044
Accelerated Reader® Points 2.0
Features Author/Illustrator biography and Reviewed

Author: K. R. Coleman

K. R. Coleman is a writer and teacher. She lives in South Minneapolis with her husband, two boys, and a dog named Happy.

Reviews

School Library Journal

“With action-packed sequences on the field and riveting plots off of it dealing with timely topics, such as sports injuries and sexism, this series will appeal to hi-lo readers on a fourth grade reading level.”—School Library Journal