Over the End Line

By Alfred C. Martino

Exciting sports action combines with an undercurrent of evil in a suspenseful tale of pride cometh before the fall--and an ending that Jonny Fehey never sees coming. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152061215
• ISBN13: 9780152061210
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

An entertaining and fast read

Great teen sports story with a very unpredictable ending. Very easy to read and really gave you a good look into these teenage athletes and what they do for the team. Was not expecting the very dramatic ending, but definitely set this book apart from other teen stories. Don't skip ahead - you'll be surprised!

shocking look into teenage lives

Kyle Saint-Claire is everything Jonny Fehey wishes to be: a star on and off the soccer field, a brain, and one of Millburn High s most popular students. Jonny unhappily accepts his lesser social status--but then he scores the go-ahead goal in the county soccer championship and everything changes. Jonny is invited to victory party with the in crowd, and alcohol flows freely as toasts are raised in his honor. But in his moment...

Wow, what a twist!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I actually read it in two sittings in the same day. It's about two high school seniors playing soccer on the same team, and there is a LOT of soccer in here. But somehow that didn't bother me. The author did a great job describing the action of the soccer games like a sportscaster giving a play by play. Kyle and Jonny grew up across the street from one another and are best friends. Jonny...

Excellent -- and serious -- young adult fiction.

Jonathan Fehey would be a soccer star at any other school but he attends Millburn High whose soccer program is among New Jersey's very finest. In fact, his best friend since early childhood is Kyle Saint-Claire, the team's standout player; Kyle is one of the reasons the team is so strong, yet he also prevents other teammates like Jonny from getting more play time, news articles, and college scouting. During the Essex County...

Good sports story

A teen boy Jonny, not very popular, plays soccer, not that well. He's usually warming the bench because he folds under the pressure of the game. His best friend, Kyle, is the star soccer player, straight A student, and is invited to all the cool parties and has all the cool friends. All season, Jonny works hard to improve his playing and makes the big score in the championship game. Afterwards, he's finally invited to "The...