Deuker, Carl.

Payback time / by Carl Deuker. - Boston : Graphia, c2010. - 298 p. ; 21 cm.

Overweight, somewhat timid Mitch reluctantly agrees to be the sports reporter for the Lincoln High newspaper because he is determined to be a writer, but he senses a real story in Angel, a talented football player who refuses to stand out on the field--or to discuss his past.

ISBN: 9780547577333 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Reporters and reporting--Fiction.
Football--Fiction.
Overweight persons--Fiction.
Courage--Fiction.
Secrets--Fiction.
High schools--Fiction.