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Second Impact by David Klass

Second Impact

Making the Hardest Call of All

David Klass, Perri Klass

Square Fish · Print & ebook · August 5, 2014

Kendall is football town, and Jerry Downing is the high school's star quarterback, working to redeem himself after he nearly killed a girl in a drunk driving accident last year.

FootballAddiction & Substance Use for TeensYA Illness & Disease StoriesSports
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Who it’s for
A sports-driven read with a brisk, staged feel and a clean hit of momentum.
Genres
Football, Addiction & Substance Use for Teens, YA Illness & Disease Stories
Published
Square Fish, August 5, 2014

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About this book

Kendall is football town, and Jerry Downing is the high school's star quarterback, working to redeem himself after he nearly killed a girl in a drunk driving accident last year. Carla Jenson, lead reporter for the school newspaper's sports section, has recruited Jerry to co-author a blog chronicling the season from each of their perspectives.

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When Jerry's best friend on the team takes a hit too hard and gets hurt, Carla wonders publicly if injury in the game comes at too high a cost in a player's life—but not everyone in Kendall wants to hear it. . . . David Klass and Perri Klass's Second Impact is an action-packed story that will resonate with readers who have been following recent news stories about football injuries.

Fast Contact

A sports-driven read with a brisk, staged feel and a clean hit of momentum.

Come here for

  • sports-action mix
  • performance-friendly momentum

Expect

  • fiction for teens
  • football, soccer, and skateboarding signals

Where it sits

Football99%
Addiction & Substance Use for Teens75%
YA Illness & Disease Stories66%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Illness & Disease Stories
  • Football
Authors
David Klass, Perri Klass
Publisher
Square Fish
Published
August 5, 2014
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
YA Illness & Disease Stories