Synopses & Reviews
A football accident forces young Ronald Perry, a halfback on the academy football team, to do some soul-searching. Not especially happy with everything he finds out, he is obliged to do some growing up as well.
Synopsis
After he and a fellow player on the football field gang up on a Jewish member of the opposing team and cause him a serious neck injury, seventeen-year-old Ronny leaves his elite all-white private school for the integrated public high school, where he discovers that the practice of democracy takes courage and loyalty to one's principles.
About the Author
JOHN R. TUNIS (1889-1975) was considered one of the finest writers for young people during the 1940s and '50s. He wrote more than twenty books, many of them award winners. The timeless appeal of his novels has made them enduringly popular with readers of all ages.