Takedown

by E.M.J. Benjamin

Jake thinks the great challenge of his senior year will be for the wrestling championship. Then he begins having seizures that threaten everything he values. His wrestling career...his driving privileges...his relationship with his girlfriend...even his college scholarship. During one harrowing wrestling season, he has to re-invent his whole life.A powerful story with rare praise from the world's most successful international wrestler and the country's top epilepsy experts.

204 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1999

About the author

E.M.J. Benjamin is the pen name for the writing team of Terry Bache, a former high school wrestling coach, and his wife, Ellyn, a novelist best known for her adult novel, "Safe Passage," which was made into a Susan Sarandon film.