https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj by: Mike Lupica en-us 2016-10-21 15:30:11 UTC 2026-02-11 17:32:15 UTC hello@padlet.com 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132378978 Tommy Gallagher, also known as Tom, is a strong safety on the Bears' football team. He is 13 years old and has a compassionate heart, and is extremely modest. He is known for being extremely good at defense, and never pulls cheap shots. His defensive skills are shown throughout the book, and his modesty is shown when he refuses to celebrate too much after winning the championship. ]]> 2016-10-21 15:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132378978 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132379559 Greck is the Bears' middle linebacker. He is known in the book for being one of Tom's best friends, and is also a great defensive player. His great defensive skills are shown when he makes many clutch plays throughout the season, and his friendship skills are shown throughout the book when he is with Tom. Greck also shares many personality traits with Tom, such as never making a cheap shot, shown when he had many opportunities to make big time tackles, but only wrapped up, and is also very modest, shown when he did not celebrate too much after winning the championship. ]]> 2016-10-21 15:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132379559 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132380349 Patrick is Tommy's father who perishes in the fire on Tom's second football game. It is later told that he perished going back into the fire to save other people. Patrick was Tom's mentor and taught him everything he knew, including his traits, and to never cheap shot. ]]> 2016-10-21 15:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132380349 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132381141 Coach Fisher is the coach for the Bears' football team. He is a role model in Tom's life and pushes him to work hard. He also cares for Tom and wants to do what is best for him. 
He is excellent coach and has lead the Bears' team to an excellent record. Some of Coach Fisher's character traits are humble, e.g. when he didn't celebrate too much after winning the championship, caring, e.g. when he told Tom to stop scrimmaging at practice when he got mad and started hitting too hard at practice, and finally, Coach Fisher is an extremely good leader, shown throughout the book with his football team.



 ]]> 2016-10-21 15:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132381141 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132381537 Emily is Tom's 10 year old sister and a soccer star. After Patrick dies, she becomes very distant from her family and Tom. She quit soccer and became very isolated. In the end, however, Tom manages to convince her to play again and she returns to her old self. ]]> 2016-10-21 15:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132381537 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132382779 Tom's friend who teaches him to skateboard. He cares for Tom and is a great mentor. His mentoring skills are shown when he teaches Tom how to ride a skateboard. He is also a great friend who cares for Tommy which is shown when Tom crashes into the pole, and the first person by his side is Mike, who quickly calls an ambulance. ]]> 2016-10-21 15:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132382779 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132383111 This conflict is man vs. man because Tom has to control his emotions after his dad dies. He has to hold everything in and control how he feels in order to play in the football season. This conflict is never really resolved, as you can never forget the death of someone you know, but is somewhat improved as the season improves, and Tom is more focused on skateboarding and football. ]]> 2016-10-21 15:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132383111 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132383442 This conflict is man vs. man because Emily has to control her emotions after her dad dies. Her emotions eventually lead her into stopping soccer, but eventually she controls them and wins the final game for her team. This conflict is never really resolved, because you can never forget the death of someone you knew, and even gets worse when Emily quits the soccer team, but is eventually improved when Tom convinces her to start playing soccer again, and she wins her team the championship. ]]> 2016-10-21 15:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132383442 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132383862 This conflict is man vs. man because Tom and Blake are both people. This conflict is started when they play each other for the first time. Blake is a trash talker and plays on the Bears' rival team, the Wildcats. This conflict is finally resolved when the championship is over, and the Bears win. After the big game, Tom and Blake make peace. ]]> 2016-10-21 15:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132383862 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132384689 The setting is either at Tommy's house, the skateboard park, or the football field. This book also travels throughout the city that Tom lives in, but the main locations in the book where events happen are Tommy's house, the skateboard park, and the football field. The author of this book did not really give a time in which it took place, but I would assume that it took place during modern time.]]> 2016-10-21 15:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132384689 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132385970 2016-10-21 15:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132385970 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132386360 2016-10-21 15:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132386360 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132386602 2016-10-21 15:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132386602 17awang https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132386648 The theme of this book is to never give up. In this book, Tom faces many difficult challenges, but never gives up and wins the championship for his team. For example, when Tom's father passed away, he could have chosen to quit football and use his time to mourn and weep, but he decided to keep playing and led his team to a championship. Another example from the book is Emily when Patrick died. At first, Emily did mourn and weep and isolate herself. She even quit playing soccer. However, as she matured and developed more into a woman, she started to forget the past and led her soccer team to a championship. ]]> 2016-10-21 15:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/17awang/p54qd9hwrpj/wish/132386648