Late to the game book summary

High School football is as important as religion in states like Texas Alabama and Georgia Not in a little town on the North Carolina shore No there it s important than religion A story that takes place in 1985 and is told by its star quarterback Johnny Pelligrino this is the best chance for the West Pennington Pirates to win that elusive state championship What can stop them Where do we begin Johnny is trying to deal with the pressures and struggles of high school his first love an overbearing father and the entire town depending on him and the Pirates to win the school s first state championship He could not have imagined what he d experience in this senior year One night at the County Fair something happens to one of theseniors and a friend of Johnny s What happened Who did it How does Johnny get so involved How will this impact their season Johnny will eventually find out that his head coach holds many old secrets let alone being the most powerful figure in the entire community Who can Johnny trust His friends His coaches His family Anyone A story that is filled with drama love lost relationships and twists and turns along this very important season in West Pennington history How will it end Late To The GameFirst things first high school in the 80 s What a different time it was It will definitely remind you how different things are today Johnny the star quarterback in small town North Carolina and a lot is riding on him taking the team to the championship It s his senior year with lots of classes girls and lots of pressure trying to lead the team and be who everyone expects him to be It s a LOT of pressure Things are going good really good Things go from great to bad in about 3 seconds flat Johnny walks away but it eats at him One thing leads to another and an unexpected party brings out the truth With the turmoil and the guilt eating at Johnny he finds out that some people even the ones you really trust are not trustworthy at all Tons of secrets are coming out and he really struggles with what and how he should handle things He was learning at a young age that you really could not trust anyone and to be careful who you hold out as heroes When everyone is telling you to do the right thing but they are not taking their own advice how do you really know what the right thing is I have to tell you that Late to the Game was like going back in time It was very refreshing to go back to the 80s and hang out The author does a great job at the world building and giving the characters some depth While there are some very heavy parts of the story there is a lot of wit and banter that will have you laugh out loud or LOL as we say nowadays It is a great coming of age story that will throw a few curveballs your way I know this is baseball not football but I couldn t think of a better way to say it but it keeps you on your toes right to the very end Then BAM PLOT TWIST Give it a try you won t regret it even if you are late to the game Late To The Game