: Bruce Leaf
: Sea Change
: BookBaby
: 9781667808994
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: Erzählende Literatur
: English
: 140
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Chris Bowen is the star quarterback at his high school and is attracting interest from college scouts. He dreams of playing in the NFL but can be indecisive in crucial moments during a game. After taking a vicious hit to his head, he begins to have hallucinations of a 19th century whaling ship and thinks he's going crazy. Afraid of losing scouting interest and jeopardizing his future, he doesn't tell anyone. His mental state worsens when a ghost, an old mariner named York, arrives. York, struggles to convince Chris that he did indeed have a past life and it is affecting what he does now. Chris's disbelief finally dissolves after a tragedy occurs. Then he begins to trust York and ultimately learns why he sometimes hesitates during a pivotal play. Once he overcomes that hesitation, he's ready to move on to college and adulthood.

Chapter 1

Coaches are all control freaks, take-charge guys who don t do the work but tell those who do what to do.

That thought flashed through Chris Bowen s mind as he watched Coach Cahill shout the next play into the earhole of Tom Sword s helmet. Chris glanced at the other sideline and noticed that team s coach was doing the same thing to one of his players. Mirror images, opposing sides. He shook his head, tried to focus, and mentally chewed himself out for letting his mind wander, but he couldn t help it. His brain just did that sometimes when there was a lull in the action.

He looked up. Fans were stomping their feet on the stands, the drummers driving them into a frenzy. Cheerleaders bounced and waved pompons. He turned his gaze back to Sword, who nodded and then hopped like a jackrabbit a step or two onto the field before Cahill caught his arm and shouted something else into his ear.

Chris s mind wandered again. Why did coaches get so much credit? The players were the ones who made the game. No matter how strong or well-coached they were, things always happened that made it go out of control, which was what made it all so exciting and crazy. Just like life.

Cahill slapped Sword on the back, then resumed prowling the sideline, back and forth, tapping his leg with a rolled-up play sheet. Players got out of his way.

Sword ran in. Chris glanced at the sc