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Paradise found a high school football team's rise from the ashes

November 8, 2018. The Camp Fire ravaged the town of Paradise, California, killing 86 people; nearly every building and home in the town was reduced to ashes. The Paradise High football team had long been the town's source of joy and inspiration, but in the wake of the fire their season was canc...

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Main Author: Plaschke, Bill (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Football > California > Paradise.
Camp Fire, Calif., 2018.
Wildfires > California > Paradise.
Paradise (Calif.) > History > 21st century.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • The truck
  • "Dad I don't want to die, but I'm gonna die."
  • "There's no way I'm walking out now."
  • Heavy lifting
  • The coach
  • The summer
  • The opener
  • Hopper
  • The senator
  • The preacher
  • The pain
  • "I just kept going ... kept going ... kept going."
  • The smile
  • Homecoming
  • The shirt
  • The student
  • The fighters
  • The caretaker
  • Moonshot
  • Don't let it end ... don't let it end."
  • Amen.

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