Halfback Tough

by Thomas J. Dygard

Book Overview

New at Graham High, Joe joins the football team and begins to change his tough guy outlook as he becomes absorbed by the game and gains self-esteem and new friends. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140341137
• ISBN13: 9780140341133
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.5" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

Halfback Tough!

The book Halfback Tough by Thomas Dygard is a great, exciting book! It is about a kid named Joe Atkins who was the tough kid in his old school and used to smoke and drink with his old friends Marty, and Richard. But when he moves about an hour away from Worthington he feels all left out, so he signs up for the football team at Graham High School. He meets four new people. Paul King who is the quarterback, and is always against Joe because he caught him smoking before tryouts. Jason Mcneal the flanker that Joe plays over. Andy Walker the tailback who becomes Joe's best friend. Earl Steel the coach. Joe becomes the star player on his football team and everyone in Graham knows who he is and loves him. He starts to become nice and actually try to look clean, and now he even tries to be good at school. Then the week comes when he has to go back to Worthington to play his old enemies, and face his old friends, Marty and Richard who always yell at the jocks who they call "snoots". At the game his old friends gave him a hard time, but were thrown out of the game after the policeman caught them. After the game his friends invited him to go out, but he wasn't allowed to go anywhere besides on the bus with the team according to team rules. Then one night after in a game, Marty and Richard met up with Joe and they went out for burgers at a place like they used to hang out. After they ate, Richard and Marty wanted to go somewhere to do stuff, but Joe walked home. At school on Monday everyone realized that someone broke into and vandalized the school. Everyone questioned Joe, but they found out it was really Marty and Richard. At the end Joe became friends with everyone that hated him.

book review on halfback tough

DJ Wright 5/13/05 Halfback Tough by Thomas J. Dygard is a must read action packed novel! If you want to read a very exciting and interesting novel, this is the one. Some important characters in this novel are Joe Atkins the main character; Marty, and Richard. His old buddies, from his old school. Paul King, the starting quarterback, Andy Walker, Joes only real friend, and Coach Earl Steal. The story takes place at a school in Graham county. It's told in first person multiple character. The mood of this book is anger and happiness. This story plot is very interesting. Back in Worthington, Joe Atkins was a big trouble maker. Now in Graham he is a big shot football player, and also a good student. Joe is under a lot of pressure because his teammates doesn't really like him, because of a rumor spread by Paul King. He told everyone that before Joe got on the team, he saw him smoking a cigarette and that he is a trouble maker and he is not dependable. Joe becomes angry and depressed and starts to give up on his school work, but at the same time he wands to prove Paul wrong. In conclusion, you can tell that this book is very exciting and action packed. So as you can see, you would have to be a fool not to want this book. Go out and get your copy now!.

Halfback Tough

A great book about a kid whose life changes over a move to a different school. Joe Atkins was a trouble-maker at his old school. After his dad gets a new job 130 miles away from his friends and old school, Joe starts over. Joe starts off by joining the football team. Then he finds himself doing his homework and paying attention in class. On his football team he finds out ath he can catch and run better then anybody else on the team. When Joe's old friends come to visit him will he turn back into a trouble-maker again? I suggest you read this great book and find out.

This is a very interesting and exciting book.

This book was very exciting.It didn't start off very good,but it got better.It's about a boy named Joe. At his old school he did bad things like smoking and drinking.His friends also did bad things too. Their names were Marty and Ricard. This book is about sports,because at his new school he goes and tries out for a sport .You'll have to read it to find out what this interesting book has to offer.

Great Sports book

I go to a High School where Football is the boy's main thing. I'm just a freshmen but I've loved Football all my life. The story is neat because I'm a Fullback. I like the action of the book during the games and the suspense from chapter to chapter.