Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odessa -- the winningest high school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small, dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business.In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times, its murder rate skyrockets. But every Friday night from September to December, when the Permian High School Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true. With frankness and compassion, Bissinger chronicles one of the Panthers' dramatic seasons and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires-and sometimes shatters-the teenagers who wear the Panthers' uniforms. Includes Reader's Group Guide inside.Now a major motion picture starring Billy Bob Thorton.

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-20-2009; Kind of morbidly fascinating; The others reviews capture the positives. I'm from a place just about as opposite from Odessa as can be (Berkeley, CA), but I felt he was a little rough on the town, maybe courting controversy a bit. What is absolutely so wonderful...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-28-2009; A terrific book - but a bad read on Kindle!; In terms of content, please reference other reviews. I am writing to talk about the way this book reads on the Kindle. I have a feeling that the original pages were scanned and converted to be read as an e-book, instead of typed as its...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-10-2009; Texas Football and Much More; "Friday Night Lights" chronicles the 1988 campaign of the Odessa Permian High School Panthers from preseason through the playoffs.Bissinger tracks several of the key players on the team as they go through the highs and lows of the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-11-2009; firday night highlights; good book, did exactly what it said on the tin, a great insight into the life of a high school football team, but a very intense football team, coaching staff and parents and even towns people.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-20-2009; Kind of morbidly fascinating; The others reviews capture the positives. I'm from a place just about as opposite from Odessa as can be (Berkeley, CA), but I felt he was a little rough on the town, maybe courting controversy a bit. What is absolutely so wonderful...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-05-2008; Another great sport story; the city i play high school football in has a great football team, it also has money, shopping, and entertainment. but for the small town of odessa in west texas they only have two things, oil and that thing called football. with all...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-28-2009; A terrific book - but a bad read on Kindle!; In terms of content, please reference other reviews. I am writing to talk about the way this book reads on the Kindle. I have a feeling that the original pages were scanned and converted to be read as an e-book, instead of typed as its...; read full review | report as inappropriate