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This book was so amazing to read, and I would recommend it to anybody that is interested in sports. There is one main character in this book, which is Mick Johnson. This book is a coming of age story because it talks about Mick’s life from when he was a four year old to basically collage. Mick goes through a lot of tough times in his life, but the main problem is when his father died. Mick’s father was very good to Mick and was a very good football player. He could have been a professional football player for the San Diego Chargers, but he hurt himself. Mick’s father was an owner of a dealer ship and owed money to a gang. He then even owed more money and committed suicide. Mick was devastated because he saw his father on the ground with a bullet wound to his head, and would have never thought his father would ever do such a thing. This made Mick’s life really hard so he started getting in trouble with some bad kids at his new school he moved to. He also was taking steroids to be better in football, even though he was the best football player in the town. He then got help from a therapist because of the use of drugs. Mick got better and they let Mick go because they knew he was a good kid and would never do that again. Mick started playing football again and was not using steroids, he was working out the old fashion way.
 * __Search and Destroy, By Dean Hughes:__**