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Summary Of The League By Thatcher Heldring

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The League, a coming of age story, by Thatcher Heldring describes the Wyatt Parker’s transition from immature too mature. In the beginning, Wyatt and his friend Francis are constantly afraid of Spencer Randle. Every moment they are constantly looking over their backs, until Wyatt makes the decision to stand up to him, but he did not know how. Later, Wyatt is walking out of the movie theater when his friend, Evan, sees Brian Braun, the all star high school quarterback, who she has a crush on. Inspired and Jealous, Wyatt decides that he should learn how to play football to impress Evan and to bulk up to face Spencer Randle. When he finds out about this summer league, The League of Pain, that his brother Aaron plays in all he wants to do is join,

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