Second Impact

by David and Perri Klass
Lexile:  980
Genre:  Realistic Fiction, Sports

Football is everything in Kendall, New Jersey and when you're the quarterback, the community spotlight is constantly on your every move.  Jerry Downing is that quarterback and is about to complete his senior season.  His football team is expected to go all the way to state, if he has his best friend, Danny, can keep the team on a winning path.  As a senior, Jerry also gets involved with blogging for the school newspaper.  He joins Carla, another senior reporter, in covering all the news - both on and off the field - of the football season.  Jerry takes a hard hit during one game and is forced to sit out due to a possible concussion.  This turn of events prompts Carla to begin to do some research in the area of head injuries in sports.  What begins as an innocent story, will have serious consequences for Carla and the other students at Kendall High School.

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