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Please join us tonight for an ALAN Online BookChat to dis­cuss Robert Lipsyte’s RAIDERS NIGHT. A sched­ule of future ALAN BookChats is avail­able at http://tinyurl.com/2l2qu5

Date: Wednes­day, 8/15/07
Time: 9:00 PM East­ern
URL: http://alan-ya.org/bookchat/flashchat.php

More about the novel:

“The pres­sure is on.

At Near­mont High School, foot­ball stars are treated like roy­alty, and Matt Rydek has just ascended to the throne. As co-captain of the Raiders, he’s got it all, or so it seems: hot girls, all the right friends, plenty of juice to make him strong, and a win­ning team poised to go all the way. If he can keep his eye on the ball now, his future will be set, with a full ride to a Divi­sion One school, a shot at the pros, and—most important—his dad off his back. But when the team turns on one of its own, should Matt play by Raiders rules, or should he go long alone?

Robert Lip­syte, an award-winning jour­nal­ist, in con­sul­ta­tion with Dr. Michael J. Miletic, a lead­ing sports psy­chi­a­trist, takes a hard-hitting look at the world of com­pet­i­tive high school sports in a novel straight from today’s headlines.”