The Real Friday Night Lights by Devyn Crockett

In 1990, football was big, but, as they say, everything is bigger in Texas, especially football. The book Friday Night Lights was written by H. G. Bissinger and is about how one high school football team carries an entire town of thousands. In this novel, the lives of some of the players on the Permian Panther football team are detailed, revealing an overwhelming abundance of adversity, scrutiny, and attention that these teenage boys endure for the sole reason of playing football on a Friday evening in Odessa, Texas. This eye-opening piece of writing receives 5 out of 5 stars. This book scored so highly because of how genuinely Bissinger articulates the story of the Panthers. Bissinger leaves no details unsaid and gives the audience the uncensored, raw truth. Along with the diction of the author contributing to the outstanding rating of the book, the actual story that is being told is exhilarating. What the boys go through and how much they sacrifice just to call themselves members of the Permian Panther Football team of Odessa is absolutely astounding.  I do not only endorse this novel to sports fans, I recommend this book to any readers interested in learning of how something so small and trivial as a game can impact a whole town so heavily.