Halfback_Tough

Halfback Tough HALFBACK TOUGH by, Thomas J. Dygard Setting: This story takes place in the fall, at Graham High School. Characters: Joe - main character, Richard and Marty – Joe’s old friends from his old school, Joe’s mom and dad, coach – Joe’s football coach, Andy – one of Joe’s friends at Graham High, Paul – one of Joe’s friends at Graham High. Point of View: The narrator (Joe) told the story from a first person point of view. Theme: What the author of this book is telling us is that you can always start over and do things right. Everyone deserves a second chance, such as Joe did by moving to another school. Plot: When Joe Atkins lived in his old school the only thing that he ever did was get in trouble, and cause problems. When he moves to Graham High School he knows that he has a chance to change his life and to do things right. He starts out school, joe’s, graham, old, joe, high, friends, football, story, one, conflict, view, troublemaker, things, team, right, point, past, out, life, last, knows, going, coach, chance, after, winning, winner, way, very, vandalize, troublemaking, trouble, tough