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Summary: The Underdogs
Weslee Neace
The UnderDogs
Mike Lupica

This book is about twelve year old Will Tyler. His passion is football. Not only does he love the sport, he also is very good at it at it. Will has been excited to start seventh grade and the beginning of the new football season. His team lost the championship last year when he fumbled the ball just inches from the goal line. He wants to show everyone that he and his teammates can be the real champs this year.

The trouble is, not only might they not make it to the finals, they might not even make it onto the field. There is no money to pay for after school activities at the middle school this year, which means the sports program will have to be cut, beginning with football. Major cutbacks have
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