Independent reading letter The book i read for the first quarter was “Hit Count” by author Chris Lynch, it is a book about a boy named Arlo and his goal to become a pro football player. He also wanted to be a good boy unlike his brother who also played football. His brother Lloyd was a senior on junior varsity still and was making bad decisions like drinking alcohol before practice and picking on his little brother. Even though his little brother would make varsity as a sophomore a excel in everything his brother couldn’t. So far i have not finished this book but I like this book a lot it has meaning. This book isn’t hard to read at all it is an average book to read. The author did a good job of writing and presenting the story with his word choice and good descriptions of people, …show more content…
In my book there is plenty of action not violence, but sports action there are plenty of football games in the story. The author does a very good job of describing the action of a football game, the crack of the pads and helmets and all. And the characters really come alive with their emotions and how they interact with other people in the book,and how much emotion they show for the game is true for our football team and theirs. The storyline in this book is actually very interesting with the conflict of interest with Arlo and his brother and their competition to see who is better. My memorable connections to the book are with Arlo, the football field were the most memorable. I have a good connection with Arlo because of he is always striving to be better and he wants to be a starter. And he is always trying to prove himself to his coaches, his mom, and his brother. Like in the book when Lloyd started to believe in Arlo he said “the kids moms you played against had a lot more to worry about then our mom.” And from that point on in the book Lloyd started actually supporting Arlo and his