![]() ![]() The Coach orders Boomer, a rough and rowdy player who is antagonistic toward Louie, to take out Washington in a targeted play. During their first football game against Salmon River, Coach Ledensky reacts harshly to the arrival of a new player, Washington, an excellent quarterback and the only black player on the opposing team. ![]() She is a cheerful, positive influence on Louie. Adding to Louie’s enthusiasm for the school year, he asks out Becky Sanders, a smart, attractive cheerleader who agrees to date him. Louie and Carter work out together in order to earn starting spots on the football team Coach Ledensky promotes Louie to starting running back. Carter works out a lot and is idolized by his peers for his brawn. Louie’s friend, Carter Sampson, is a tough-talking jock. ![]() His boss, Dakota, an older man, is a useful sounding board for Louie. Louis, a rising football star, begins practice for the fall football season, in addition to working at his summer job at the Buckhorn restaurant. Louie’s first-person narration is sarcastic but sincere. The football team has been undefeated for three years. Chris Crutcher’s debut young adult novel, Running Loose (1983), features Louie Banks, a senior at Trout High School in Trout, Idaho, a homogenous community where the town’s residents all know one another and high school sports reign supreme. ![]()
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