Running Wild

Term Paper Title	Running Wild
# of Words	558
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.23

Running Wild
Thomas J. Dygard

     Running Wild is a book about a student at Cartwright High named Pete

Holman.  Pete Holman has been in and out of trouble for most of his high school

years. He is a trouble maker he cuts classes, picks fights, and smokes in the boiler

room during school.

     One Saturday night when he was out joyriding with his best friends Jimbo

and Bucky they sideswiped a car.  Pete lands in the police station that night.  Then

officer Stowell made him an offer.  The offer was he could spend the night in jail

and his mom would find out what he did or he could try out for the school football

team and his mom wouldn't find out.  He chose to try out for the football team.

     The first day at practice was really hard and he considered quitting. As days

past practice got easier.  He stopped smoking and drinking because he wouldn't be

able to breath when he ran because of smoking.

     On the day of his first game he was really nervous because he hadn't even

been to a football game before to watch it much less to play in it.  When he and his

friends went to games they would take shots of vodka under the bleachers.  On his

first run he  ran the ball for a fifteen yard gain and on his second run he ran the ball

for a touchdown.  In the second half he ran the ball for another touchdown and at

the end of the game he had two touchdowns and had ran the ball for 110 yards.

     The next morning he was what everybody in town was talking about.  His

picture was...

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