Payback Time -- a review by DJ Griffin

Payback Time

by: Carl Deuker

**** Stars

Daniel True, a journalist for the paper at Lincoln High School in Seattle, Washington, is searching for the story to finally put his name on the map. Then, all of a sudden, the editor of the paper moves him to writing the sports section. Sports!? Daniel, "Mitch," in his mind, is the last person that should be covering sports. He figures it will get him some attention from other big name papers so he goes with it. But later he learns that sports doesn't have a lot of freedom like the other sectioins. The coach controlls what and who Mitch will write about. But Mitch just goes along with it. That is until Mitch and his photographer Kimi discover another player, Angel, who looks and plays like an NFL quarterback. But in front of the coach, he acts like a mediocre high school player. Mitch decides this is the perfect story to finally put his name on the map. What is Angel's secret? Why is he in Seattle? And why is he pretending to be someone he's not?

I often surprised myself when reading this book when I found myself enjoying the book. I usually dont like to read but this was not the case. This book kept me at the edge of my seat at all times.