Emile+Camm

= Payback Time = =

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=**Plot Summary**:= The Title of this book is //Payback Time// by Carl Deuker. It is a sports mystery book. The book is about a senior named mitch true who is a writer for the school newspaper. He writes the sports section for the paper, mainly the football team, who is making a run for the state title. Theres a player on the team that goues unnoticed, though he shouldn't. He is the best defender on the team but no one knows who he is, mostly becuase the coach hides him. But why does he hide him? That's what Mitch true wants to figure out. Mitch spends hours of his time trying to figure out who this guy named Angel on the team is. When Mitch finally thinks he's got it figured out, he has no idea how wrong he is, and him being wrong puts everyone around him in danger. Especially Angel!

=**About the Author:**= Carl Deuker grew up in Redwood City, California. Carl Deuker grew up playing mulitple sports, but was not that good. He was good enough to make the teams but didn't play. He played basketball, football, and baseball. He later droppped those sports because he was not good enough. His senior year, he ended up playing golf. He attended Berkeley in California, and was an english major. He spent a lot of his time writing little stories and poetry that he called bad. HIs favorite poet who he reads a lot is Emily Dickinson. Carl at one point wrote for a newspaper, and growing up he ran a lot at greenlake and when he wasn't running at greenlake he was running at the YMCA. MItch True in the book, does the same thing so it seems as though Carl Deuker in several ways related his character to himself. He is married and has kids as well. He has written many books about all different kind of sports, and has won multiple awards for books he has written. He is a great writer and can make a sports book into a thriller, mystery, etc. all in one.



=**Other works by Carl Deuker:**=

//Gym Candy// //Heart of a Champion// //Night Hoops// //Runner//

=**Social Issue Relevance:**= In Payback Time, a social issue is stranger danger. Mitch, while he is trying to figure out whp Angel really is, gives out information about where Angel lives to someone he doesn't know on the phone who is actually a gang member that is after Angel, and wants to kill him. Stranger danger is an issue now-a-days because of the internet. People are involving themselves with people that they don't know which puts them in danger. Even if its in person, you are in danger because you don't know that person well and do not know what to expect. Involving yourself with a stranger will not end well, and you shouldn't be doing that. Unless you know the person from a past even and you've gotten to know them you should not get involved with them. Especially if the person is older than you, becuase he is most likely trying to get something from you. There have been many cases of deaths, rapes, robberies, all because of people doing things with people that they do't know at all. The U.S. Department of Justice says that teenagers and girls are among the most frequent victims of sexual attacks, which mostly come from family members or STRANGERS. NISMART also found that two-thirds of the cases of nonfamily abductions reported to police, involved sexual assault. This is not a situation to mess around with, and should not be taken easily. It's a serious dangerours that should be discussed to have more children safety. And like in the book, you could be putting others around you in danger as well by talking to a stranger. For more information on this topic, Click here.http://www.ojjdp.gov/jjjournal/jjjournal598/safe.htm

=**Dramatization of the Book:**= Mitch True: Angus T. Jones. He is a young actor who is on the chubby side. Kimi: Ellen Page. She is pretty young and on the pretty side. Angel Marichal: "The Rock" Johnson. He is older and big and muscular.

Angus Jones

Ellen Page

The Rock

=**About The Reader:**= My name is Emile Camm. I am a freshman at Gahanna Lincoln, born December 2, 1995 in Chicago, Illinois. I am involved in the football team, and track team. My favorite sport is football and i love it, my goal is to some day play professionaly. My favorite subject in school is math and i love to hang out with friends and just be random, and have a blast! I live with my sister, mom, and dad. I enjoy spending time with my family and going on vacations with them.