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    QB 1

    Written by Mike Lupica

    Narrated by Nicolas Tecosky

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    About this audiobook

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author of Travel Team, Heat, and Million-Dollar Throw comes a cheer-worthy, family-friendly football novel set amid the Friday Night Lights world of Texas high school football.

    Jake Cullen is a freshman quarterback playing high school football in the high-pressure land of Friday Night Lights (Texas). He is also the brother of Wyatt Cullen, who quarterbacked his team to the Texas State Championship last season-not to mention the son of former NFL quarterback and local legend, Troy Cullen. To be a Cullen in Texas is to be royalty . . . and a quarterback. All of which leaves 14-year-old Jake in a Texas-sized shadow, a tall order for any boy, especially one who's merely a freshman.

    While his teammates assume the starting job will be handed to Jake on a silver platter, the truth is that he has to fight for every snap and every ounce of respect. Jake may be a Cullen and he may play quarterback, but he is not his brother or his father. Being a good teammate comes naturally to Jake; being a winner and a celebrity does not. He's just like every other boy-awkward around a pretty girl, in awe of his famous family, and desperate to simultaneously blend in and cast his own shadow.

    Inspired by the real-life Manning family of quarterbacks (father Archie, Super Bowl-winning sons Peyton and Eli) and set amid the football-crazy culture of Texas immortalized in Friday Night Lights, QB 1 is a coming-of-age story perfect for the fan of Million-Dollar Throw, Heat, and, of course, Friday Night Lights.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 17, 2013
    ISBN9781101631768
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    QB 1
    Author

    Mike Lupica

    Mike Lupica is the author of multiple bestselling books for young readers, including the Home Team series, QB 1, Heat, Travel Team, Million-Dollar Throw, and The Underdogs. He has carved out a niche as the sporting world’s finest storyteller. Mike lives in Connecticut with his wife and their four children. When not writing novels, he writes for Daily News (New York) and is an award-winning sports commentator. You can visit Mike Lupica at MikeLupicaBooks.com.

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    • 3/5
      Normally I love books by Lupica, but this one was just okay for me. I highly recommend it to young quarterbacks growing up in the shadow of an older brother who is also a quarterback. That's the target audience for this one. The game descriptions are just too specific to the quarterback position to appeal to other football players, and the conflict the main character, Jake has with his dad, is also very specific to being the younger son and ignored by your father. I just felt that something was lacking and I almost was too bored to get through the middle. I finished it, but only because it was by Lupica. I kept hoping for it to get a lot better.

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