num_pages: 272
description: From #1 New York Times bestselling author of TRAVEL TEAM HEAT and MILLION-DOLLAR THROW comes a cheer-worthy family-friendly football novel set amid the Friday Night Lights world of Texas high school football.Jake Cullen is a freshman quarterback playing high school football in the high-pressure land of Friday Night Lights (Texas). He is also the brother of Wyatt Cullen who quarterbacked his team to the Texas State Championship last season--not to mention the son of former NFL quarterback and local legend Troy Cullen. To be a Cullen in Texas is to be royalty . . . and a quarterback. All of which leaves 14-year-old Jake in a Texas-sized shadow a tall order for any boy especially one who's merely a freshman.While his teammates assume the starting job will be handed to Jake on a silver platter the truth is that he has to fight for every snap and every ounce of respect. Jake may be a Cullen and he may play quarterback but he is not his brother or his father. Being a good teammate comes naturally to Jake; being a winner and a celebrity does not. He's just like every other boy--awkward around a pretty girl in awe of his famous family and desperate to simultaneously blend in and cast his own shadow.Inspired by the real-life Manning family of quarterbacks (father Archie Super Bowl-winning sons Peyton and Eli) and set amid the football-crazy culture of Texas immortalized in Friday Night Lights QB 1 is a coming-of-age story perfect for the fan of MILLION-DOLLAR THROW HEAT and of course FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS.This is a wonderful book by a great writer. All football fathers and sons will enjoy it.--Archie Manning 
language: English
title: QB 1
publisher: Philomel Books