Project Gutenberg 2004-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 57 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 266540 266412 2024-12-03T07:48:36.597545 2023-10-03T07:32:10.632942 text/html text/html 266533 266405 2024-12-03T07:48:36.839566 2023-10-03T07:32:10.790952 text/html text/html 187089 2024-12-03T07:48:44.204488 application/epub+zip 189635 2024-12-03T07:48:40.312515 application/epub+zip 169856 2024-12-03T07:48:39.013514 application/epub+zip 396629 2024-12-03T07:48:47.214473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372898 2024-12-03T07:48:43.404532 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329710 2022-09-03T10:28:23.035649 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242633 242556 2024-12-03T07:48:36.280561 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 19046 2024-12-03T07:48:47.335466 application/rdf+xml 18256 2024-12-03T07:48:39.543516 image/jpeg 4436 2024-12-03T07:48:39.277510 image/jpeg 186022 2024-12-03T07:48:36.862539 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