Hit Count
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    [synopsis] => Arlo Brodie loves being on the football field, getting hit hard and hitting back harder. That's where he belongs, leading his team to championships, becoming "Starlo" on his way to the top. Arlo's dad cheers him on, but his mother quotes head-injury statistics and refuses to watch. Arlo's girlfriend tries to make him see how dangerously he's playing; when that doesn't work, she calls time-out on their relationship. Even Arlo's coaches begin to track his hit count, ready to pull him off the field when he nears the limit. But Arlo's not worried about tallying collisions. The cheering crowds and the adrenaline rush convince him that everything is OK-in spite of the pain, the pounding, the dizziness, and the confusion.



 In Hit Count, Chris Lynch explores the American love affair with contact sports and our attempts to come to terms with clear evidence of real danger.



 PRAISE FOR HIT COUNT:



 "Lynch offers a powerful, provocative look at the dark side of popular sports and their potential cost, using Arlo as a cautionary, even tragic tale. Arlo's rise and fall is handled skillfully, allowing readers into the self-destructive, self-deceiving mindset of an addict without condemning him." -Publishers Weekly



 "This unflinching examination of the price of athletic power, with plenty of bone-crunching play-by-play action, is both thought-provoking and formidable." -The Horn Book Magazine

  

 "The strength of this hard-hitting novel is how well award-winning author Chris Lynch portrays the drive and hunger of young football players . . . This intense timely story provides incredible insight as to why knowledge of football's potential danger is not enough to keep young players from taking the field." -Kirkus Reviews

  

 "An important work that raises troubling questions about the culture of violence in American high school sports." -School Library Journal

  

 "Lynch offers a powerful, provocative look at the dark side of popular sports and their potential cost, using Arlo as a cautionary, even tragic tale. Arlo's rise and fall is handled skillfully, allowing readers into the self-destructive, self-deceiving mindset of an addict without condemning him." -Publishers Weekly

  

A Booklist 2015 Top Ten Sports Books for Youth

 A Junior Library Guild Selection 
	Acclaimed author Chris Lynch explores the American love affair with football and our attempts to come to terms with the dangers of the sport through Arlo Brodie, a teen who loves being at the heart of the action on the football field, getting hit hard and hitting back harder.  Chris Lynch is the author of many acclaimed young adult novels, including Little Blue Lies, Pieces, Angry Young Man, the National Book Award Finalist Inexcusable, and the Printz Honor Book Freewill. Chris is on the faculty of the creative writing MFA program at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When he's not teaching or visiting family in Boston, he lives in Scotland. FRESHMAN YEAR

 The Drill

 The File

 The Good Life

 Muscle Memory

 Dinos

 Everything Is a Competition

 Hit List

 Give Thanks

 There Are No Off-­Seasons

 Lighter Air

 How High Sandy

 Dinos Descends



SOPHOMORE YEAR

 Varsity

 You Have to Earn It

 Starlo

 Cheers

 A Funny Thing

 Right and Wrong

 A New Year

 Island Arlo



JUNIOR YEAR

 September

 Subs and Scrubs

 Hits and Lists

 A Violent Game

 Out of Control

 Structures

 Random Access Memory

 Coach

 Ground Zero

 Bam!

 Toxic Space

 Hello Good-­Bye

 Stinygiasou

 Brand-­New Man



SENIOR YEAR

 Brutus

 Contact

 Coach

 Impervious

 The Fight Thing

 Duckin' And Divin'

 Helmet

 Consequences Are Consequences

 Balance

 Dawn

 Porch



Reader's Guide

 About the Author

 About Algonquin Young Readers "A powerful story that illuminates both the dangers of head trauma in athletes and the psyche
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