Hometown legend /
Jerry B. Jenkins.
- New York : Warner Books, c2001.
- 303 p. ; 24 cm.
Athens City, Alabama, is a town that lost its heart the day the high school football team lost the state championship & suffered a tragedy. Since that night, the town that once enjoyed superstar status has fallen on hard times. Now, years later, the former coach returns to head up one final season aided by a local who tells the story with a fresh voice. Together, they fight Goliath & learn that love & reconciliation are more important than winning ever could be. It is heartwarming storytelling that Jenkins fans have come to love.
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Football coaches--Fiction. High school students--Fiction. Parent and child--Fiction. Football players--Fiction. School sports--Fiction.
Alabama--Fiction.
Domestic fiction. Football stories. Bildungsromans.