Project Gutenberg 2004-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 116 Overton, Mark Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums Reading ease score: 74.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Tiffany Vergon, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums" by Mark Overton is a sports novel likely written in the early 20th century. It focuses on the spirited and competitive world of teenage football in the town of Chester, highlighting the challenges faced by young athletes as they strive to achieve victory against rivals from Marshall and Harmony. The opening of the book introduces a group of boys engaged in a grueling football practice under the guidance of Coach Joe Hooker. Among them is Jack Winters, a new arrival in Chester and already a leader in sports, who is determined to bring glory to his town's football team. As the practice unfolds, the camaraderie and aspirations of Jack and his friends—including Toby, Steve, and Big Bob—are palpable. They train diligently, facing both physical challenges and personal struggles, particularly with Big Bob's anxiety over a lost letter that has implications for his relationship with his father. The chapter sets the stage for the developing storyline of friendship, teamwork, and the pressure of upcoming games, foreshadowing a mix of sports excitement and character growth as they prepare for their crucial match against Marshall. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Football -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction PZ PS Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 266712 266412 2025-03-03T06:55:26.542128 2023-10-03T07:32:10.632942 text/html text/html 266533 266405 2025-01-09T21:55:37.079806 2023-10-03T07:32:10.790952 text/html text/html 187162 2025-03-03T06:55:33.892063 application/epub+zip 189628 2025-03-03T06:55:29.977096 application/epub+zip 169851 2025-03-03T06:55:28.725096 application/epub+zip 396587 2025-03-03T06:55:36.965061 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372898 2025-03-03T06:55:33.086093 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329710 2022-09-03T10:28:23.035649 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242633 242556 2025-03-03T06:55:26.223091 2023-10-03T07:32:10.412933 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 237589 2020-12-29T10:42:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 92431 2020-12-29T10:42:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19047 2025-03-03T06:55:37.092054 application/rdf+xml 18256 2025-03-03T06:55:29.258076 image/jpeg 4436 2025-03-03T06:55:28.989097 image/jpeg 186090 2025-03-03T06:55:26.566087 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog