Friday Night Lights

"Clear Eyes. Full Hearts. Can't Lose."-Friday Night Lights

• Author: H. G. Bissinger
• Paperback: 375 pages
• Lexile: 760
• Publisher: Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN-10:  0306814250
• ISBN-13: 9780306814259
• Book Review: goodreads.com

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.

Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Jay Hernandez, Derek Luke
Director: Peter Berg
Rating: PG-13

Length: 118 Minutes
Reviewed by: Zac Abrams

Odessa, Texas, is a small, town in Texas. Racially divided and economically dying, there is one night that gives the town something to live for: Friday Night. The Permian Panthers have a big winning tradition in Texas high school football, led by QB Mike Winchell and superstar tailback Boobie Miles, but all is not well, as Boobie suffers a career-ending injury in the first game of the season. Hope is lost among citizens in Odessa, and for the team, but Coach Gary Gaines, who believes that "Perfection is being able to look your friends in the eye and know you did everything you could not to let them down", is somehow able to help the team rise up from the ashes and make a huge season comeback. Now on their way to state, the Panthers must go out and be perfect, because they may never matter this much for the rest of their lives.

"Friday Night LIghts: Plot Summary." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 1 Dec. 2015.

Actors:  Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarden

Director: Peter Berg

Length: 44 Minutes

Reviewed by: Zac Abrams

Aired from: 2006-2011

In the small town of Dillon, Texas, one night matters: Friday Night. Eric Taylor has recently been hired as the head football coach for the Dillon High School Panthers, the town's pride and joy. Friday Night Lights displays the stress that the town gives the high school players to win, and the hope that the team gives to a small town, and how a team has its low