The Game Changer
Eliseo Alaniz, Joseph Maumus
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(Fountain Publishing, Jan. 24, 2013)
Cooper Matthews was an ordinary teenage boy with an extra ordinary talent. Although he stood only five foot six and weighed a little over a hundred pounds, he was a football prodigy. Nobody could beat him.He could pounce defensively on the biggest opponents on the field and make them feel the pain. He could intercept the ball and was difficult to bring down once he ran with it. He could throw the ball more accurate than the best quarterbacks in the league. He could run through defenses like they were tackling dummies on the practice field. He could blitz faster and harder than linebackers three times his size. And, he could call the plays better than most NFL coaches.Yet, with all this talent, he would never be looked at by any college or pro scouts. Why? Because all of Cooper's genius on the football field was confined to his most beloved past time: Madden Football by EA Sports!!As a kid growing up in Littleton, Colorado, his life would take a dramatic change the summer before his freshman year in high school. With the fateful words from his parents, "We're moving to Texas", his life as Littleton's Madden guru seemed to be over. His new home would be Burkburnett, Texas, a small community with a big heart for high school football.Cooper's first year in a new town would be filled with challenges. But, it is his passion for Madden Football that takes him from the new kid on the block to the hero of the Burkburnett football program. Join him in his journey to high school football immortality, as he is joined by Addison, the head football coach’s son, Drew an All American football player and his sister Brooke, the "unattainable" freshman drill team member.