Winger
Smith, A. (2013). Winger. NY: Simon & Schuster. Ryan Dean West attends a boarding school, where he is two years younger than his friends, he has recently gotten in trouble so he has to stay at Opportunity Hall, plays rugby, and is in love with his best friend Annie. The reader will have a fun time reading as he has to do a "consequence" when he is the loser of the poker game. Readers will laugh when he mixes his pee and Gatorade and gets his peers to drink it. Yuck! Then there is the love story that develops between Annie and Ryan Dean that will melt your heart because it is so sweet. Sports fans will like the hard knock of the rugby talk. What no one expects is the beating death of Ryan Dean's friend at the end of the book. So, as the book is a fun read about a boy growing to manhood, the end is a terrible tragedy. The lesson is no one wants to be alone and everyone wants love. Readers will want to read the next book in the series!
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