Left Tackle Thayer
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Sixteen-year-old Clint Thayer reaches Brimfield Academy feeling a long way from his home in Virginia. The New York preparatory school offers a fine athletic field, but he wonders whether his football will be good enough to earn him a place on its team. Ralph Henry Barbour's school novel starts with that mix of homesickness and sporting ambition, then brings Clint into the company of boys whose jokes and rivalries fill the campus.
Football supplies both the action and the conversation. Clint and Amy watch the varsity defeat the second team, comparing players' strengths while Amy cheerfully pretends the losing side is winning. Clint's reaction to a rival's missed tackle adds a small, recognisable edge to the competition. Readers interested in older school stories will find detailed plays, teasing dialogue and the uneasy business of wanting to belong while hoping to get ahead.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ralph Henry Barbour
- Reading time
- About 5 hours
- Pages
- 168
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online