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Raiders Night
The pressure is on. At Nearmont High School, football stars are treated like royalty, and Matt Rydek has just ascended to the throne. As co-captain of the Raiders, he's got it all, or so it hot girls, all the right friends, plenty of juice to make him strong, and a winning team poised to go all the way. If he can keep his eye on the ball now, his future will be set, with a full ride to a Division One school, a shot at the pros, and—most important—his dad off his back. But when the team turns on one of its own, should Matt play by Raiders rules, or should he go long alone? Robert Lipsyte, an award-winning journalist, in consultation with Dr. Michael J. Miletic, a leading sports psychiatrist, takes a hard-hitting look at the world of competitive high school sports in a novel straight from today's headlines.
232 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 2006
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December 21, 2015
The book I choose to read was Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte. The protagonist of the story is Matt Rydek and he plays football,, and goes to parties with his teammates. Throughout the book he becomes friends with players on the football team. Junie, is Matt’s younger brother. The quarterback of the football team is Tyrell. He goes to the scheduled football workouts, and makes friendships with every member of the football team. Pete, is one of Matt’s good friends. Pete’s girlfriends name is Lisa. Brody, who is friends with Pete is big and freckly faced. Chris , is another member of the football team and becomes the “buzz of camp.”Coach Mac is the coach of the team and throughout the book, he forms friendships with just about every player.
The setting of the novel takes place in Nearmont High School which is a small town. It takes place during the 1990’s. I think the author set the book in this time and place because football was just starting to become popular. They look at competitive high school sports and what effects they can have on high school athletes.
There were a couple of conflicts that happened in the book. One conflict was when the seniors were involved with hazing and did it to the freshmen. This is a person vs. person conflict because it only involved seniors and freshmen. The hazing incident got handled by Coach Mac. He said if this happened again then everyone involved would not be able to play in the remainder of the games left in the season. A second conflict was when Tyrell, Matt Rydek, and Pete were drinking at several of the party’s they went to. When they went to these parties there were also girls there. One of the parents kids who had the party came outside and saw everyone drinking, and told everyone that if they don’t stop then they will call the cops.
The football represents the team, and what Matt excels in. He has been playing football ever since he was in middle school and has improved at the game a lot. In order to get to the camp, they have to take a bus. This represents where the team is now and where they want to be at the end of the season. The camp is the old place where the football team goes for a week of intense training and lifting.
Night is not trusting adults was a major theme in the book. Matt knew of many adults that were trying to help him but ended up not helping him in the end. Some of the players parents from the high school football team were telling the Coach that he was a good player so that Matt could get into a good college. When all the players were going to the parties and drinking alcohol, the parents of the players found out about it and blamed it on Matt because he was the captain of them team. Even though not all of Matt’s grades were good, he still had coaches from various colleges scout him, although he never went to college because he overdosed on vicodin. Friendship was an important theme. When the camp began not everyone was friends on the team, but by the end of the camp almost everyone was friends on the team. I agree with the way the author presented the themes in the book. This kept me interested in the book. I learned not to follow what others people do just because it might be cool or to fit in with everyone else.
I gave Raiders Night four stars because I really enjoy reading about football and can relate to the book because I’m in high school. I also read The Contender by Robert Lipsyte and really enjoyed it. If you like sports books, than you should read Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte. This book is about a high school football team that has a summer camp to get prepared for the upcoming season.
The setting of the novel takes place in Nearmont High School which is a small town. It takes place during the 1990’s. I think the author set the book in this time and place because football was just starting to become popular. They look at competitive high school sports and what effects they can have on high school athletes.
There were a couple of conflicts that happened in the book. One conflict was when the seniors were involved with hazing and did it to the freshmen. This is a person vs. person conflict because it only involved seniors and freshmen. The hazing incident got handled by Coach Mac. He said if this happened again then everyone involved would not be able to play in the remainder of the games left in the season. A second conflict was when Tyrell, Matt Rydek, and Pete were drinking at several of the party’s they went to. When they went to these parties there were also girls there. One of the parents kids who had the party came outside and saw everyone drinking, and told everyone that if they don’t stop then they will call the cops.
The football represents the team, and what Matt excels in. He has been playing football ever since he was in middle school and has improved at the game a lot. In order to get to the camp, they have to take a bus. This represents where the team is now and where they want to be at the end of the season. The camp is the old place where the football team goes for a week of intense training and lifting.
Night is not trusting adults was a major theme in the book. Matt knew of many adults that were trying to help him but ended up not helping him in the end. Some of the players parents from the high school football team were telling the Coach that he was a good player so that Matt could get into a good college. When all the players were going to the parties and drinking alcohol, the parents of the players found out about it and blamed it on Matt because he was the captain of them team. Even though not all of Matt’s grades were good, he still had coaches from various colleges scout him, although he never went to college because he overdosed on vicodin. Friendship was an important theme. When the camp began not everyone was friends on the team, but by the end of the camp almost everyone was friends on the team. I agree with the way the author presented the themes in the book. This kept me interested in the book. I learned not to follow what others people do just because it might be cool or to fit in with everyone else.
I gave Raiders Night four stars because I really enjoy reading about football and can relate to the book because I’m in high school. I also read The Contender by Robert Lipsyte and really enjoyed it. If you like sports books, than you should read Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte. This book is about a high school football team that has a summer camp to get prepared for the upcoming season.
September 11, 2011
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Books for Boys: "Raiders Night" by Robert Lipsyte
At the school where I teach, football reigns supreme among all student activities. I often wander about the locker room culture and other secrets of the gridiron female teachers know little about. Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte offers a glimpse into the jock culture prevalent in many schools.
The story revolves around co-captains Matt and Ramp and a brutal incident at the Raiders' training camp in which Chris, a newcomer to the team, suffers a horrendous act of hazing so shocking that some schools have banned the book rather than confront the very real possibility that such things actually happen and that the locker room culture often protects the perpetrators.
In a town devoted to football, local businessmen, parents (especially fathers), and team members adopt a code of silence and intimidation to keep witnesses from stepping forward.
But Raider's Nigh isn't an indictment of the game. Rather, Lipsyte challenges players, coaches, and fans to return to reject the brutal, win-at-all-costs side of the game and embrace its virtues: the value of teamwork, the development of laser-like focus, and the positive leadership skills honed on the field and lived in the halls.
In a recent editorial Lipsyte penned, he quotes Michael Cart, a former president of the Young Adult Library Services Association, on boys and reading: “We need more good works of realistic fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, on- or offline, that invite boys to reflect on what kinds of men they want to become."
Raiders Night, says Lipsyte, appeals to males, many of whom "are quick to relate to its touchy subject matter." This includes the use of steroids, parental pressure, and hazing. It confronts issues boys who love the game want to discuss.
The novel also critiques school officials, including administrators, teachers and coaches who construct school environments conducive to the underbelly of the game. At Lipsyte's fictional Nearmont high the teachers know better than to call on football players during the season. The coaches turn a blind eye to steroid use. The principal works to keep the hazing off the front pages.
Late last year, five athletes in Blackfoot, Idaho were charged with hazing, bullying, and sexual misconduct, events directly connected to their membership on the high school's football team. When such news makes headlines so close to home, it begs the question: How prevalent are such incidents among local prep football teams?
Reading YA novels offers students a window from which to view the wide world of sports and school and a mirror for examining their own lives as student athletes.
*Read chapter 1 on Robert Lipsyte's website.
Books for Boys: "Raiders Night" by Robert Lipsyte
At the school where I teach, football reigns supreme among all student activities. I often wander about the locker room culture and other secrets of the gridiron female teachers know little about. Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte offers a glimpse into the jock culture prevalent in many schools.
The story revolves around co-captains Matt and Ramp and a brutal incident at the Raiders' training camp in which Chris, a newcomer to the team, suffers a horrendous act of hazing so shocking that some schools have banned the book rather than confront the very real possibility that such things actually happen and that the locker room culture often protects the perpetrators.
In a town devoted to football, local businessmen, parents (especially fathers), and team members adopt a code of silence and intimidation to keep witnesses from stepping forward.
But Raider's Nigh isn't an indictment of the game. Rather, Lipsyte challenges players, coaches, and fans to return to reject the brutal, win-at-all-costs side of the game and embrace its virtues: the value of teamwork, the development of laser-like focus, and the positive leadership skills honed on the field and lived in the halls.
In a recent editorial Lipsyte penned, he quotes Michael Cart, a former president of the Young Adult Library Services Association, on boys and reading: “We need more good works of realistic fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, on- or offline, that invite boys to reflect on what kinds of men they want to become."
Raiders Night, says Lipsyte, appeals to males, many of whom "are quick to relate to its touchy subject matter." This includes the use of steroids, parental pressure, and hazing. It confronts issues boys who love the game want to discuss.
The novel also critiques school officials, including administrators, teachers and coaches who construct school environments conducive to the underbelly of the game. At Lipsyte's fictional Nearmont high the teachers know better than to call on football players during the season. The coaches turn a blind eye to steroid use. The principal works to keep the hazing off the front pages.
Late last year, five athletes in Blackfoot, Idaho were charged with hazing, bullying, and sexual misconduct, events directly connected to their membership on the high school's football team. When such news makes headlines so close to home, it begs the question: How prevalent are such incidents among local prep football teams?
Reading YA novels offers students a window from which to view the wide world of sports and school and a mirror for examining their own lives as student athletes.
*Read chapter 1 on Robert Lipsyte's website.
October 24, 2014
I recommend the book ,"Raiders Night", by Robert Lipsyte to all readers who enjoy football, but also readers that are mature enough to handle the adult content. The book is about a high school football player named Matt Rydek. Matt goes through many things such as a teammate shooting himself, taking steroids, and the pressure of preforming well for college scouts.
One thing that lured myself into reading this book was that it was about a sport I love, and it also had an interesting plot to it. If you are like me, and have a little obsession with football, than I recommend this to you. One of the passages that intrigued me was when Matt's teammate, Chris, was being harassed by a captain of the team, and the tensions between them had escalated to the next level. "He knocked the barrel out of Chris's mouth and tried to get a finger under the hammer before it came down. The flash blinded him, the blast knocked him down. He scrambled up. Chris was sprawled out on the floor, legs twitching. Blood, bits of hair, everywhere"(Lipsyte 186). I found this part of the book interesting because it makes the reader's emotion go from focused on the book, to going in shock. If you enjoy sports with a twist of drama, I recommend this book to you.
Another issue that this book deal with is steroids. If you are unaware of what steroids are, they add testosterone to someone's body so it allows athletes primarily to build muscle faster. This is an interesting topic to read about because it makes the reader wonder if players do these kind of things at the professional level. "They must suspect something, thought Matt. But they didn't really want to know. Like steroids—don't ask, don't tell"( Lipsyte 82).
The third an final big part of this book is the pressure to perform. Matt's dad has always put pressure on his son to succeed, but now that college scouts are coming to Matt's games, his dad is starting to get Matt annoyed. "He slept into late Sunday afternoon. Dad woke him up for dinner. When he said he wasn't hungry, Dad said, 'A Rutgers coach is coming by for dessert and coffee.' 'I don't wan't to got there.' Way too close. You'd be on my case 24/7"(Lipsyte 150). This has an important role in the book because if his dad didn't pressure him into everything, than Matt most likely would have not done some things such as steroids, he will come to regret.
In conclusion, if you are a fan a football and drama this book may be suitable for you.
One thing that lured myself into reading this book was that it was about a sport I love, and it also had an interesting plot to it. If you are like me, and have a little obsession with football, than I recommend this to you. One of the passages that intrigued me was when Matt's teammate, Chris, was being harassed by a captain of the team, and the tensions between them had escalated to the next level. "He knocked the barrel out of Chris's mouth and tried to get a finger under the hammer before it came down. The flash blinded him, the blast knocked him down. He scrambled up. Chris was sprawled out on the floor, legs twitching. Blood, bits of hair, everywhere"(Lipsyte 186). I found this part of the book interesting because it makes the reader's emotion go from focused on the book, to going in shock. If you enjoy sports with a twist of drama, I recommend this book to you.
Another issue that this book deal with is steroids. If you are unaware of what steroids are, they add testosterone to someone's body so it allows athletes primarily to build muscle faster. This is an interesting topic to read about because it makes the reader wonder if players do these kind of things at the professional level. "They must suspect something, thought Matt. But they didn't really want to know. Like steroids—don't ask, don't tell"( Lipsyte 82).
The third an final big part of this book is the pressure to perform. Matt's dad has always put pressure on his son to succeed, but now that college scouts are coming to Matt's games, his dad is starting to get Matt annoyed. "He slept into late Sunday afternoon. Dad woke him up for dinner. When he said he wasn't hungry, Dad said, 'A Rutgers coach is coming by for dessert and coffee.' 'I don't wan't to got there.' Way too close. You'd be on my case 24/7"(Lipsyte 150). This has an important role in the book because if his dad didn't pressure him into everything, than Matt most likely would have not done some things such as steroids, he will come to regret.
In conclusion, if you are a fan a football and drama this book may be suitable for you.
April 3, 2009
First off, I am not much for sports fiction books...particularly books about football (although I will read as much baseball non-fiction as I can get my hands on). However, after choosing this book for the YA Lit course I teach at the University of Delaware, I have to say that I was quite impressed with Lipsyte's book, and with his no holds barred critical look at high school football culture, and what that culture can sometimes do to teens, and the institutions that are supposedly there to help in their development. Quite frankly, it is bleak, not only because of the violence, substance abuse and misogyny that is present, but also because there are no helpful adults in the book for these kids to turn to for guidance. However, Lipsyte provides a very interesting view into this culture, the ambiguous nature of gender and identity in these communities, and especially how difficult it is to maintain personal integrity in a world that is focused only on winning. For teachers of high school and middle school this is NOT a novel to read as a whole class. However, for an independent book assignment for a high school student who is involved in sports and is searching for identity both inside and outside of the sporting community, Lipsyte's book can provide a powerful reading experience. The book is his most angry book, but it is possibly his most truthful and unsentimental book.
June 7, 2011
Wow. This book was heavy. A novel with swears, steroids, and sodomy. A nice up front warning: there are no redeemable characters and the characters who choose to act only choose too late. Is such a bleak novel worth reading? In this case yes! Lipsyte's work paints a frighteningly realistic depiction of a football focused town that is willing to keep terrible things quite just to keep the team winning. Weighing personal futures against others' presents becomes a serious issue when not all characters agree on the right path to take. I'd ask why this book isn't in schools to show children how important it is to act and to speak up, but I think it's rather obvious: this book that speaks out openly against aspects of high school sports teams (how DARE people say bad things about football!) and has terrible, gritty, immoral (yet realistic) characters representing the school's coaches, teachers, and administration as well as the student athletes' parents. So a book that needs to be read is one that does not paint the people who would get it to students very kindly, yep students will never see this book unless they seek it out. So please, if you're reading this and you think a YA reader you know can handle a story like this then make sure they find themselves a copy of Raiders Night!
March 5, 2015
I picked up this little book yesterday when I felt that I needed to relax a bit at school. It's been on my to-read list since before it was published. I'm a big fan of the author's The Contender and his newest title Yellow Flag. Lipsyte pushes the edge in this one, making it for older high school students.[return][return]Matt Rydek is co-captain of the Nearmont Raiders football team, one of the studs of the school, and treated well. Cops, teachers, students, and especially girls, love him. But Matt has to deal with his dad trying to re-live his own high school football career through him, and pressuring him to make it to Division I and professional football. Matt's always been one of the good guys, even if he is constantly popping Vicodin for the pain (from games and his dad) and injecting who knows what into his body to get ripped. Matt is torn when a new student is violated by a co-captain on the last night of football camp. And I mean violated. The new kid (who was a promising tight end) was damaged mentally and physically and eventually tries to get retaliation in the locker room with a gun. Coaches find out and do nothing. Matt's dad doesn't want anything to hurt his sons' future. But Matt has to figure out what to do because keeping all these secrets are killing him.
February 19, 2016
I thought that RAIDERS NIGHT, by Robert Lipsyte, was an above average book. I enjoyed reading about the struggles and challenges that Matt Rydek faces as captain of the Nearmont football team. Throughout the novel, Matt deals with the bullying of his teammates, the moral dilemma of using steroids, and the constant nagging by his father. I thought that the conflict between two other players, fellow captain Ramp, and new kid Chris, was very interesting. Some of the things that Ramp does to Chris are terrible. I also enjoyed the football sections of the novel. Lipsyte did a very good job of making you feel like you are on the field watching the game. Overall, I would recommend RAIDERS NIGHT to any teenage reader who is interested in sports books and wants to read about and interesting conflict.
March 16, 2008
With Division One schools aggressively recruiting him, Matt's future looks assured. His present, however, is a nightmare. Addicted to Vicodin and "juice"--regular shots of steroids--Matt rides a nonstop emotional roller coaster: he hates himself for feeling embarrassed by his developmentally disabled brother, and he hates his father for living out failed dreams of athletic stardom through him. Matt even hates football after he witnesses his sadistic co-captain sexually assault a rookie player at a preseason hazing. Now Matt has to figure out what is more important; telling the truth or participating in a cover up to protect his team.
This is an issue driven novel and lacks depth, but sports fans will find it compelling.
This is an issue driven novel and lacks depth, but sports fans will find it compelling.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 3, 2013
For me this book was a struggle. It's just not a story I enjoyed and often times I was annoyed with characters. It's filled with ego driven male characters and very flat, one dimensional females. I do see how the book could appeal to someone who enjoys a drama filled sports book but it's just not the book for me.
July 31, 2018
Kirkus Reviews says this book "packs a wallop." They ain't lying! I bought this book simply because I am always looking for basketball and football books for some of my boys (and girls... but mostly the boys). I read this book because my summer reading list was a little YA romance-heavy, and I wanted to have something to show my boys in the fall. But, to be honest, I wasn't expecting much - just really hoping it was a good enough story and there was enough football to make it interesting. Well... wallop away, Mr. Lipsyte!
This book is about the immense pressure placed on some high school athletes to win, whatever the cost. It is about adults that put winning above the health and welfare of their athletes/children. It is about hazing and when hazing goes too far. It is about friendship and loyalty and team, and what you do when doing the "right" thing means going against all of those other things. This book is unflinchingly honest and painful to read in parts. And it has mature, uncomfortable content. So does life! But if we have students experiencing the things that happen in "Raiders Night," then we need to be reading and discussing this book with our athletes, our coaches, our administration, and our parents!
One thing that did concern me about this book, though, is the fact that there is steroid use by athletes that seemingly has no consequences. There is some discussion of the impact on mood and that it causes acne, but the potentially serious repercussions from steroid use (permanent damage to the body, expulsion from school/sports, etc.) are absent. That always makes me wary.
Recommended for students who read "Gym Candy" and are ready for something a little more mature and intense.
This book is about the immense pressure placed on some high school athletes to win, whatever the cost. It is about adults that put winning above the health and welfare of their athletes/children. It is about hazing and when hazing goes too far. It is about friendship and loyalty and team, and what you do when doing the "right" thing means going against all of those other things. This book is unflinchingly honest and painful to read in parts. And it has mature, uncomfortable content. So does life! But if we have students experiencing the things that happen in "Raiders Night," then we need to be reading and discussing this book with our athletes, our coaches, our administration, and our parents!
One thing that did concern me about this book, though, is the fact that there is steroid use by athletes that seemingly has no consequences. There is some discussion of the impact on mood and that it causes acne, but the potentially serious repercussions from steroid use (permanent damage to the body, expulsion from school/sports, etc.) are absent. That always makes me wary.
Recommended for students who read "Gym Candy" and are ready for something a little more mature and intense.
November 19, 2018
"Raiders Night" I believe is a book everyone in high school should read. The high school football star, Matt, finally got everything he had wanted. Just like most modern high schools, the football team got treated like royalty. Everyone in the school knew it too. Matt is having to face the problem that most kids in high school face too. Being on the football team there is this pressure of having to be the best, strongest, and most outstanding player out on the field. Matt is starting to look into taking steroids to help his skills. Since the football team is praised so much, no one does anything that most of the football team is using steroids. Not only is football a major part of the story but so is drinking and partying.
Matt is having to face problems that most athletes face. Going away for a week at football camp will not only change Matt but the rest of the football team. Matt is a senior, so this should be his year. Everyone on the football team knows it too, but the problem is when the new guy comes along and is better than Matt. Everyone knows that team camps are suppose to bring the team together, that isn't the case for this football team. The football hazes the new players beyond belief.
This book is controversial due to the fact that the football team rapes Chris with a bat for hazing. In society, what happens during hazing is something you don't talk about. This book is something that high school student should read. This is something that goes on in schools, most people do not feel comfortable talking about. The boys who saw or knew what had happened would not go and tell an adult because they were afraid of what might happen to them. This is a book that should be read.
Matt is having to face problems that most athletes face. Going away for a week at football camp will not only change Matt but the rest of the football team. Matt is a senior, so this should be his year. Everyone on the football team knows it too, but the problem is when the new guy comes along and is better than Matt. Everyone knows that team camps are suppose to bring the team together, that isn't the case for this football team. The football hazes the new players beyond belief.
This book is controversial due to the fact that the football team rapes Chris with a bat for hazing. In society, what happens during hazing is something you don't talk about. This book is something that high school student should read. This is something that goes on in schools, most people do not feel comfortable talking about. The boys who saw or knew what had happened would not go and tell an adult because they were afraid of what might happen to them. This is a book that should be read.
December 11, 2019
This book goes where very few people dare to tread. It tackles the very real hazing that happens in sports, and how entitled athletes and the community at large is when it comes to such things; hurting people is not punishable or even reported because teams, coaches, and parents care more about the game then they do about their kids fucking another up for life. I can't even count how many news stories I have read about high school teams sexually assaulting teammates as a "harmless joke". What disgusts me the most about those kinds of reports are the implications that a kid with permanent damage and PTSD are less important than sports life. Doing the right thing is discouraged: it could fuck up their season and prevent their teams from making championships and being seen by college scouts. Jock culture pisses me off to no end, and I am not at all surprised that this book was banned from high school libraries due to its content. This book made me so angry but that was a good thing. It was real. It was honest. And it exposes the pedestal that school athletes are put on in society. It was truly worth the read for me.
January 18, 2021
Matt Rydeck is the co-captain of his high school and he is headed to bigger and better teams. But then, he is a witness to something that challenges his morals and will continue to pressure him to make a choice. Lipsyte often writes sports fiction and couples this with moral dilemma.
June 12, 2017
This book will stay with me for a very long time. Not many books make me stop reading in the middle because they are too intense.
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November 4, 2019I thought it was a very interesting and it got me sucked in to it and was a very good book.
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March 3, 2020great book
July 5, 2025
something new for me but nice 3.5 stars
May 19, 2015
The Untold Story: Raider Night
Author: Robert Lipsyte
By: Austin Connolly
The story is based on senior in high school experience; on the other hand, stardom has major part on his football team and his life has young adult trying to make a good college.The starts out with Matt Rydek and his fellow senior teammates getting ready for their last year of high school football and the owner, Monty, gives some players on the Nearmont High School football team illegal drugs to boost their strength and durability. Matt has different style of living from other seniors in high school because he has a father had a chance to play in college for football but he took the easier route and sign with New York Mets; however, his father had injuries so his major league career ended earlier. Now, Matt’s father and older brother plays for semi-pro team in the town and Matt sees his father get angry at the players and umpires as result of their lack of discipline. In the later chapter of Raiders Night, the Nearmont Raiders have left for summer practice at the old army base and the players are ranting about transfer student from Bergen Central and he will benefit the Raiders’ football organization. Chris Matin was very athletic tight end but he was egotistical due to attitude towards his new teammates. In the later days of summer practice, the seniors are getting ready for the hazing of the freshmen players and Chris; however, the hazing was mishandled by one senior, Ramp, because he torture Chris and the other football players just watched. In the subsequent chapters of Raiders Night, the catastrophic event has started to affect the Raiders’ community because Chris threaten the Raiders football team for their inaccuracy of the Raiders Pride.
I find appealing of Raiders Night, was that Robert Lipsyte was trying to get his readers to notice how high school athletic programs because people do not know what goes on behind close doors. Raiders Night, is a fiction book, so it was not a true story but Robert Lipsyte and his friend, Michael J. Miletic, M.D., develop the Raiders Night because they felt like it connected to their reader’s experiences.
I dislike the demeanor that was shown in Raiders Night, because it showed a football organization that neglect the sportsmanship towards the players on Nearmont Raiders. Matt did the right thing by telling his coach about what happened at Raiders Pride Night and he knew the consequences if there was investigate on the Nearmont Raiders; although, Coach Dorman told Ramp to tell Matt to be quiet about incident at Raiders Pride Night because he does not want investigation and lose of their season.
Raiders Night was excellent to read because it give details of real life senior in high school. The overall theme of Raiders Night: is believe in yourself because there will be obstacles in your way. Matt shows this throughout the Raiders Night, he demonstrates by telling truth about the incident at Pride Night. He know the consequences of risking the school athletic program and community but the catastrophic breakdown that caused Chris to act out and almost kill someone. One on the coaches on Nearmont Raiders’ staff was only looking out for himself and football program because he did not want charges press against the players or the program being shut down for investigation. I would recommend this book to high school or college students because I believe the Raiders Night can related to their life for the reason that every person make mistakes in their lifetime.
Author: Robert Lipsyte
By: Austin Connolly
The story is based on senior in high school experience; on the other hand, stardom has major part on his football team and his life has young adult trying to make a good college.The starts out with Matt Rydek and his fellow senior teammates getting ready for their last year of high school football and the owner, Monty, gives some players on the Nearmont High School football team illegal drugs to boost their strength and durability. Matt has different style of living from other seniors in high school because he has a father had a chance to play in college for football but he took the easier route and sign with New York Mets; however, his father had injuries so his major league career ended earlier. Now, Matt’s father and older brother plays for semi-pro team in the town and Matt sees his father get angry at the players and umpires as result of their lack of discipline. In the later chapter of Raiders Night, the Nearmont Raiders have left for summer practice at the old army base and the players are ranting about transfer student from Bergen Central and he will benefit the Raiders’ football organization. Chris Matin was very athletic tight end but he was egotistical due to attitude towards his new teammates. In the later days of summer practice, the seniors are getting ready for the hazing of the freshmen players and Chris; however, the hazing was mishandled by one senior, Ramp, because he torture Chris and the other football players just watched. In the subsequent chapters of Raiders Night, the catastrophic event has started to affect the Raiders’ community because Chris threaten the Raiders football team for their inaccuracy of the Raiders Pride.
I find appealing of Raiders Night, was that Robert Lipsyte was trying to get his readers to notice how high school athletic programs because people do not know what goes on behind close doors. Raiders Night, is a fiction book, so it was not a true story but Robert Lipsyte and his friend, Michael J. Miletic, M.D., develop the Raiders Night because they felt like it connected to their reader’s experiences.
I dislike the demeanor that was shown in Raiders Night, because it showed a football organization that neglect the sportsmanship towards the players on Nearmont Raiders. Matt did the right thing by telling his coach about what happened at Raiders Pride Night and he knew the consequences if there was investigate on the Nearmont Raiders; although, Coach Dorman told Ramp to tell Matt to be quiet about incident at Raiders Pride Night because he does not want investigation and lose of their season.
Raiders Night was excellent to read because it give details of real life senior in high school. The overall theme of Raiders Night: is believe in yourself because there will be obstacles in your way. Matt shows this throughout the Raiders Night, he demonstrates by telling truth about the incident at Pride Night. He know the consequences of risking the school athletic program and community but the catastrophic breakdown that caused Chris to act out and almost kill someone. One on the coaches on Nearmont Raiders’ staff was only looking out for himself and football program because he did not want charges press against the players or the program being shut down for investigation. I would recommend this book to high school or college students because I believe the Raiders Night can related to their life for the reason that every person make mistakes in their lifetime.
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March 10, 2022Well its about this teen that was good a sports and he was a journalist although he wrote 25 book also it had stories and essays for the educators. His has received the alan award for contributions to Adult the margaret A. edwards Award for lifetime achievement american library association. However a talented high school football player and captain of the team. His fellow players use steroids in order to enhance their performance, which matt considers a sacrifice he is willing to make in order to win. However matt has several close friends on his team and a developmentally disabled brother named junie is the person he takes care of.
December 29, 2008
Matt Rydek is one of the captains of the Raiders football team. He and his teammates are completely focused on football and getting bigger and buffer (through various steroid cocktails) and winning their games. It doesn’t hurt that the team is totally worshiped by the student body, the administration, and the community. That just makes it that much easier to get any girl a player wants. Matt’s slightly more three-dimensional than that, however. His dad rides him kind of hard, and his older brother Junie is mentally handicapped (and acts more like a younger brother), and this coming season is going to give Matt way more than he bargained for.
When the Raiders go off for a week of training camp, they’ve got a new guy to break in – Chris. Chris is a transfer student (sophomore) from another school, but man, can he ever bring the heat. His game play, skills, and attitude really get under the skin of one of the other captains – Ramp. Ramp’s an asshole under normal circumstances, but something about Chris makes him take it up a notch. The last night of camp, the initiation night, Ramp makes sure to completely humiliate Chris, taking the usual hazing way beyond what’s acceptable (if you accept that sort of thing at all). He pees in Chris’ mouth and basically rapes him with a bat. Nice guy, eh? Chris is traumatized by the experience and Matt and most of the other players (the ones that witness it) are horrified, but no one really knows what to do.
So, no one does anything for a long time. Matt waffles, Ramp starts a bunch of rumors about other players on the team (including Chris) to cast aspersions elsewhere and create a whole team of unreliable witnesses. Things come to a head when Chris confronts Ramp and the others in the locker room and ends up shooting himself in the head. He winds up in the ER (we won’t find out exactly what happens to him after that), and Matt spills the beans to his coaches – who already know. And want to keep things quiet. Matt can’t live with himself, and neither can most of the other players. So he gives the story to a kid reporter who’s been trailing him around all summer, knowing that’s what it will take to come clean about what happened.
Oh no. Not another sports book. Groan. This was another one of the 2009 Abe Lincoln award nominees, which has been sitting on my shelf for a good month because I don’t have any interest in high school football drama. Sorry. It was not my thing. I wasn’t sympathetic to most of the characters – except maybe, Chris, who didn’t do anything wrong and just happened to suffer for his ebullience. There wasn’t any satisfying justice (maybe that’s realistic) – like Ramp being sent to jail, or the team being banned from the season for steroid use. Although Matt feels ill a lot (possibly from the steroids or possibly from the Vicodan he’s always taking), there don’t seem to be any serious side effects from taking the drugs (he mentions that he’s sometimes angry and that he gets pimples on his shoulders, but that’s about it). Is Ramp a jerk because of the steroids, and are these the consequences? It’s not clear. This might appeal to guy jocks looking for a fast, edgy read, but it wasn’t to my taste.
When the Raiders go off for a week of training camp, they’ve got a new guy to break in – Chris. Chris is a transfer student (sophomore) from another school, but man, can he ever bring the heat. His game play, skills, and attitude really get under the skin of one of the other captains – Ramp. Ramp’s an asshole under normal circumstances, but something about Chris makes him take it up a notch. The last night of camp, the initiation night, Ramp makes sure to completely humiliate Chris, taking the usual hazing way beyond what’s acceptable (if you accept that sort of thing at all). He pees in Chris’ mouth and basically rapes him with a bat. Nice guy, eh? Chris is traumatized by the experience and Matt and most of the other players (the ones that witness it) are horrified, but no one really knows what to do.
So, no one does anything for a long time. Matt waffles, Ramp starts a bunch of rumors about other players on the team (including Chris) to cast aspersions elsewhere and create a whole team of unreliable witnesses. Things come to a head when Chris confronts Ramp and the others in the locker room and ends up shooting himself in the head. He winds up in the ER (we won’t find out exactly what happens to him after that), and Matt spills the beans to his coaches – who already know. And want to keep things quiet. Matt can’t live with himself, and neither can most of the other players. So he gives the story to a kid reporter who’s been trailing him around all summer, knowing that’s what it will take to come clean about what happened.
Oh no. Not another sports book. Groan. This was another one of the 2009 Abe Lincoln award nominees, which has been sitting on my shelf for a good month because I don’t have any interest in high school football drama. Sorry. It was not my thing. I wasn’t sympathetic to most of the characters – except maybe, Chris, who didn’t do anything wrong and just happened to suffer for his ebullience. There wasn’t any satisfying justice (maybe that’s realistic) – like Ramp being sent to jail, or the team being banned from the season for steroid use. Although Matt feels ill a lot (possibly from the steroids or possibly from the Vicodan he’s always taking), there don’t seem to be any serious side effects from taking the drugs (he mentions that he’s sometimes angry and that he gets pimples on his shoulders, but that’s about it). Is Ramp a jerk because of the steroids, and are these the consequences? It’s not clear. This might appeal to guy jocks looking for a fast, edgy read, but it wasn’t to my taste.
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November 4, 2016
"Raiders Night" by Robert Lipsyte foretells a story of a football star who is faced with a choice of character that may affect his last year of high school football. He is forced to choose between his football team that he has been with for years ,or a boy who just moved in.
Matt has the potential to make it farther than high school football, but he may ruin his chances doing the right thing. He’s the star of the team, the perfect student, and not bad on the eyes. Although his aggressive dad pays for the steroids and fits the bill for all of his supplements, he still can't stand his father and resents him throughout the book. Every year Matt gets a break from life and his father when him and all the team go to a football camp on the mountains for a week of hard training. As matt waits on the bus he notices a promising young sophomore tight-end with broad shoulders.
Although Matt has a passion for football he is not as excited about this year as he hoped. He seems to enjoy solitude more than he enjoys being around his “football family”. The only person who seems to enjoy camp is Chris, the new tight-end sophomore. Ramp is is afraid of losing his starting spot on his senior year, so he assaults Chris after practice with a bat surprising Matt and all the teammates. When Matt gets home from camp, he can't get out the idea of ramp mutilating Chris with a bat and neither can the team. As the season begins there is already a break in the so called family.
As school begins to start up again and football season is starting, Matt notices the team is not performing to its potential. Ramp is spreading rumors throughout the school about homosexuality and possible drug deals to further separate the team.
When Chris doesn't show up for practice the coaches ask Matt to talk to him. They arrange a limo to take both of them to the Yankees games to try to win back Chris. With all the rumors and the police investigating possible illegal substances being sold the team is worse than it has ever been and they could use an athlete like Chris.
The captains are giving the team a usual after practice speech in the locker room when Chris comes running in with a loaded gun pointed at ramp. Ramps immediate reaction is to taunt Chris only to make him turn the gun towards himself. Everyone is shocked, Matt quickly tackles Chris but the gun fires and Chris is is immediately rushed to the emergency room. Matt goes and visits Chris and only to his surprise he has been the only tooo. He decides to inform the coaches of it to only learn they already knew and were trying to keep the situation quiet. Matt has to make a decision to either be quiet and finish his senior year or football or tell the police and possibly ruin every chance of going professional.
Matt has the potential to make it farther than high school football, but he may ruin his chances doing the right thing. He’s the star of the team, the perfect student, and not bad on the eyes. Although his aggressive dad pays for the steroids and fits the bill for all of his supplements, he still can't stand his father and resents him throughout the book. Every year Matt gets a break from life and his father when him and all the team go to a football camp on the mountains for a week of hard training. As matt waits on the bus he notices a promising young sophomore tight-end with broad shoulders.
Although Matt has a passion for football he is not as excited about this year as he hoped. He seems to enjoy solitude more than he enjoys being around his “football family”. The only person who seems to enjoy camp is Chris, the new tight-end sophomore. Ramp is is afraid of losing his starting spot on his senior year, so he assaults Chris after practice with a bat surprising Matt and all the teammates. When Matt gets home from camp, he can't get out the idea of ramp mutilating Chris with a bat and neither can the team. As the season begins there is already a break in the so called family.
As school begins to start up again and football season is starting, Matt notices the team is not performing to its potential. Ramp is spreading rumors throughout the school about homosexuality and possible drug deals to further separate the team.
When Chris doesn't show up for practice the coaches ask Matt to talk to him. They arrange a limo to take both of them to the Yankees games to try to win back Chris. With all the rumors and the police investigating possible illegal substances being sold the team is worse than it has ever been and they could use an athlete like Chris.
The captains are giving the team a usual after practice speech in the locker room when Chris comes running in with a loaded gun pointed at ramp. Ramps immediate reaction is to taunt Chris only to make him turn the gun towards himself. Everyone is shocked, Matt quickly tackles Chris but the gun fires and Chris is is immediately rushed to the emergency room. Matt goes and visits Chris and only to his surprise he has been the only tooo. He decides to inform the coaches of it to only learn they already knew and were trying to keep the situation quiet. Matt has to make a decision to either be quiet and finish his senior year or football or tell the police and possibly ruin every chance of going professional.
April 11, 2013
Kendall Bellamy
Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte focuses on a nearmont high school football team. The main characters are Matt, Chris, and Ramp and they are under pressure for what had happen at camp and at home. Some people would say “it’s based on a real story.”
At nearmont High school, there’s a football team name the “Raiders.” The team’s captain is Matt Rydek and Matt is a wide receiver and a part time cornerback on defenses. Matt’s dad Mr. Rydek is a softball coach who wants Matt to play football so he could get scholarships. Chris is a freshman football player and his dad went to jail for stealing from his job. Ramp is a senior and he bullies almost everyone on the team, sometimes Matt. During camp Ramp, bullied everyone, but mostly Chris, for an example Ramp knocked the breathe out of Chris and keep doing over and over. So when Raiders Night came all of the freshman had to get tea bagged by the seniors. The seniors had used tea bags and a warm hotdog. However, Ramp had a bat and as one of the senior’s tea bag Chris, he felt uncomfortable and hit Ramp. So Ramp got mad and stuck the bat in Chris’s butt. Chris ran out of the building and said to Ramp that he was going to shoot him with his gun. A couple of days later Chris showed up in the locker room with his equipment on and had a little gun called a 38. He pointed it at Ramp and told him to get on his knees, but Ramp keep saying stuff to Chris to make him mad. Chris just got upset about the things Ramp was saying to him so he just pointed the gun a his self and just on time Matt knocked the gun a way from Chris, but the bullet hit the side of Chris’s head. Chris was rushed to the hospital and the police, the coaches and the principal didn’t know why Chris came to kill the team. So Matt has to decide if he will tell on Ramp and cause the season or if he shouldn’t weary about it.
I enjoyed reading this book because it’s kind of like a mystery. I couldn’t fell how Matt felt, because he had a lot of choices to pick for an example he picked to tell the police and the others how Ramp was bulling Chris during camp. In this book I think that it’s a lot of bulling by on person that needs to be told on. I also think that Ramp was trying to be the captain of the team, because he always tells Matt you’re the captain you should handle it. If you like to read novels about sports, I recommend you to read Raiders Night. I rate this book a 5 out of 5 stars because it made me want to keep reading.
Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte focuses on a nearmont high school football team. The main characters are Matt, Chris, and Ramp and they are under pressure for what had happen at camp and at home. Some people would say “it’s based on a real story.”
At nearmont High school, there’s a football team name the “Raiders.” The team’s captain is Matt Rydek and Matt is a wide receiver and a part time cornerback on defenses. Matt’s dad Mr. Rydek is a softball coach who wants Matt to play football so he could get scholarships. Chris is a freshman football player and his dad went to jail for stealing from his job. Ramp is a senior and he bullies almost everyone on the team, sometimes Matt. During camp Ramp, bullied everyone, but mostly Chris, for an example Ramp knocked the breathe out of Chris and keep doing over and over. So when Raiders Night came all of the freshman had to get tea bagged by the seniors. The seniors had used tea bags and a warm hotdog. However, Ramp had a bat and as one of the senior’s tea bag Chris, he felt uncomfortable and hit Ramp. So Ramp got mad and stuck the bat in Chris’s butt. Chris ran out of the building and said to Ramp that he was going to shoot him with his gun. A couple of days later Chris showed up in the locker room with his equipment on and had a little gun called a 38. He pointed it at Ramp and told him to get on his knees, but Ramp keep saying stuff to Chris to make him mad. Chris just got upset about the things Ramp was saying to him so he just pointed the gun a his self and just on time Matt knocked the gun a way from Chris, but the bullet hit the side of Chris’s head. Chris was rushed to the hospital and the police, the coaches and the principal didn’t know why Chris came to kill the team. So Matt has to decide if he will tell on Ramp and cause the season or if he shouldn’t weary about it.
I enjoyed reading this book because it’s kind of like a mystery. I couldn’t fell how Matt felt, because he had a lot of choices to pick for an example he picked to tell the police and the others how Ramp was bulling Chris during camp. In this book I think that it’s a lot of bulling by on person that needs to be told on. I also think that Ramp was trying to be the captain of the team, because he always tells Matt you’re the captain you should handle it. If you like to read novels about sports, I recommend you to read Raiders Night. I rate this book a 5 out of 5 stars because it made me want to keep reading.
May 18, 2011
Raiders Night was a tremendous book. Raiders Night is based on a public High school's football team named the Raiders. Matt Rydek the main character in the book is the teams captain, serving his senior year. Matt and a few of his friends thrived every day to be a better player for the team, by doing so most of the guys on the team including Matt took steriods, and Viconin. With most the boys fit, and popular they would always go to parties after games and get all the ladies. During the start of the book the team had a training camp which ended two days before school started. The team just finished their last practice before they went back home to see there friends and family. It is a ritual that on the last night before the players pack up to leave the camp that they pick on the freshman players. The team all met up in one cabin and stripped the freshman which were on their knees. Chris a freshman was the last one to join his other freshman companions. What would his consequences be? Let me put it this way Chris urgently got un-blindfolded urgently and he left crying. With the situation occuring it effected Raiders football for the rest of the season and will always effect players for the rest of their life. Matt went on with his succesfull, strong team, and went far. Matt had a forgotten brother by his parents named Junie. Junie was chubby but loved his older brother, Matt who was his role model. Through out the book Matt being such a succesfull football player he gets many offers from other Universities/ Colleges. Not only does Matt get very good oppurtunities, but so does his father with his catering service he owns. Mike Rydek ( Matts Father) was the one Matt disliked the most because Mike would always push him to get better at his game. With all of the scholarships Matt is getting from D1 schools it is only a matter of time for when he will choose on where he goes. With most things riding smoothly for Matt he meets a girl named Sarah, will this effect Matt and his choice of his Colleges?
Raiders Night was a very enjoyable book, it brought the story to life every chapter. I strongly recommend this book to athletes. The book is based on an athletes life. I am not a NFL lover but when you read the book it will relate to you, and your own life perhaps. I am very happy that I bought this book! Well money spent!
Raiders Night was a very enjoyable book, it brought the story to life every chapter. I strongly recommend this book to athletes. The book is based on an athletes life. I am not a NFL lover but when you read the book it will relate to you, and your own life perhaps. I am very happy that I bought this book! Well money spent!
January 18, 2013
In the book “Raiders Night” the author Robert Lipsyte explains how leadership and commitment can take you a long way in life. This story is about a football team striving for glory and facing many challenges on the way. The main character of this book is a boy named Matt who is the captain of the football team. The football team in this book is just like any other high school football team. They all go through the same practicing and weight lifting schedules as we do at our school for football.
In this story there are many unique characters such as Tyrell who is the running back of the team, Chris who is wide receiver, Ramp who is the full back and Brody is the quarterback. Matt is the captain and another wide receiver. Now, these are just the main characters being referenced in the book. At the beginning of the story all these players have one thing they want to achieve and that is to win a championship but all that changes later on throughout the book. As I said this story is just like any other high school football team with the big games, the hard practices, and all the parties after a game. From my perspective I think this story kind of shied away from talking about football and what I thought it was going to be about. This story is mostly about Matt going through high school and the many rough times that he experiences. This story started out talking about football and just veered more and more away from it as the story went on, so I didn't really like that.
The story contains many up and down moments. There are many big arguments and fights the players get into. The biggest fight comes when the team assembles a players only meeting. Chris ends up almost killing himself by bringing guns to the meeting and begins threatening other players but it doesn't turn out how he wants it to and he injures himself badly. Matt ends up having to save his life. Now, that’s all I’m going to tell you but if you would like to know the rest I would strongly advise you to read this book.
When I first got this book I thought it would be a big high school football book but it didn't turn out that way. This was an interesting book and not what I expected it to be like although I seemed to enjoy most of it. This wasn't my favorite book but I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys high school football and about the high school lifestyle.
In this story there are many unique characters such as Tyrell who is the running back of the team, Chris who is wide receiver, Ramp who is the full back and Brody is the quarterback. Matt is the captain and another wide receiver. Now, these are just the main characters being referenced in the book. At the beginning of the story all these players have one thing they want to achieve and that is to win a championship but all that changes later on throughout the book. As I said this story is just like any other high school football team with the big games, the hard practices, and all the parties after a game. From my perspective I think this story kind of shied away from talking about football and what I thought it was going to be about. This story is mostly about Matt going through high school and the many rough times that he experiences. This story started out talking about football and just veered more and more away from it as the story went on, so I didn't really like that.
The story contains many up and down moments. There are many big arguments and fights the players get into. The biggest fight comes when the team assembles a players only meeting. Chris ends up almost killing himself by bringing guns to the meeting and begins threatening other players but it doesn't turn out how he wants it to and he injures himself badly. Matt ends up having to save his life. Now, that’s all I’m going to tell you but if you would like to know the rest I would strongly advise you to read this book.
When I first got this book I thought it would be a big high school football book but it didn't turn out that way. This was an interesting book and not what I expected it to be like although I seemed to enjoy most of it. This wasn't my favorite book but I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys high school football and about the high school lifestyle.
December 16, 2009
Raider's Night is a book that takes place in a town that cares very much about it's high school football program. One of the captains of the team, Matt Rydek, struggles throughout the book as a leader as he must balance what is good for the team and what is the right thing to do. Something shocking happens at the training camp one summer, and turns his life upside down. One thing I learned from this book, is how hard decisionmaking can be. life often seems like the right choice is always easy. But Matt came across many situations where no matter what decision he made, multiple lives would be drastically changed in a negative way. This was the greatest book i've read in years. It pulled me in from the first page and kept me interested throughout the book. I actually enjoyed reading it and finished it within a couple days(232 pages). The author did a great job building suspense and created situations that made it impossible for the reader to guess what would happen next. One part of the book that I found ineffective was some of the lack of reality. For example, it seems to portray drugs and alcohol as a positive thing. Throughout the book kids are drinking, doing drugs, taking steriods, and the author seems to only portray the positives of these. I think this would be a great read for athletes, they can relate to a lot of the characters and have a basic understanding of what they're going through (that's one reason it kept me interested). I would not recommend this book for the elderly or young children due to some sexual content. It seems to be targeted for teens, there's lots of texting, ipods, and instant messaging. It's pretty clear who the author has written this book for. The author does a great job of attracting a young audience by using his voice. There's no giant metaphors or analyzation, it's an easily followable book rather than a puzzle.
October 27, 2012
Night raiders- Raiders football is looking to have a great season with the co-captain Matt rydek & his pals who try to be the best and out do themselves everyday...maybe a little to much,but they look to them to lead them to a big championship state win this season ,but there are some faults no one sees coming during this season of the Raiders supposed big title win. Can they win the battle of the hardships they have coming toward them though? Having to deal taking drugs,rape and plenty other horrendous things that the team will do or wont ...arent these the kids everybody wants to be and are popular,and get all the pretty girls.you'll just have to go to the library get this book and read to find out...:)
Things that i liked about this book that it was very good action, drama, sports book and those combined make a really good read.(hope you like the pun ms.p)Another thing that really called to my attention that this wasnt just any book were you know what was going to happen to everyone from the beginning it kept you thinking.Lastly what i loved about this story that it brought the reality of "the real world" into its writing and things were handled, thought, and acted upon like real life people would handle it like the struggle chris had threw out the book is something many people can relate to on if he should tell or not.This are things i liked about the book Raiders Night.
I would recommend this book to young adult of 15 and higher because some of the thing in this book could be hard to handle for some kids because it is vivid.But anyone who likes drama action or who knows of the things that happened to penn. state should look into this book because To me this is by far one the greatest books ive read in a while.This is who id recommend this book to ...this is Raul Gonzalez signing off :)
Things that i liked about this book that it was very good action, drama, sports book and those combined make a really good read.(hope you like the pun ms.p)Another thing that really called to my attention that this wasnt just any book were you know what was going to happen to everyone from the beginning it kept you thinking.Lastly what i loved about this story that it brought the reality of "the real world" into its writing and things were handled, thought, and acted upon like real life people would handle it like the struggle chris had threw out the book is something many people can relate to on if he should tell or not.This are things i liked about the book Raiders Night.
I would recommend this book to young adult of 15 and higher because some of the thing in this book could be hard to handle for some kids because it is vivid.But anyone who likes drama action or who knows of the things that happened to penn. state should look into this book because To me this is by far one the greatest books ive read in a while.This is who id recommend this book to ...this is Raul Gonzalez signing off :)
April 15, 2013
Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte
Raider Night by Robert Lipsyte tells a story about football team is hiding a secret about what really happened at training camp. They are falling apart keeping the secret. The captains are trying to find a way to keep it from the coaches and the press, because they don’t want to ruin there football program and chances of players getting scholarship. Some people my think this book is a realist fiction and a sports novel.
Matt Ryder is the captain of the football team, who is like a star at Near Mount High school. He also plays baseball and his dad owns Ryder catering, who played football for Near Mount High and went to college until he had a career ending injury. He wants matt to get a college scholarship to a Division one school. They had a new player on the team he was a sophomore named Chris, because he was new to the team he had to be initiating to the team. So one day at summer practice the team was trying to initiate him into the program but it went terrible wrong. Matt is trying to find a way to get the secret out there without ruining his school football program.
I enjoyed reading this book because it is about thing that happens everyday in school. I could understand why Matt was confused on what decision aout the secret. I think that he make the right decision about coming out with the secret. The was really captivating because of how all the character protrayed. There are conflict, girls, freindship, and popularity. While I was reading the book at times it seem that the teams was going to slip and each captain would play apart to try and persuade each member of the right thing to do. I would rate this book 4.5 stars out of 5 stars because, it is a great book with a mind blowning ending.
Raider Night by Robert Lipsyte tells a story about football team is hiding a secret about what really happened at training camp. They are falling apart keeping the secret. The captains are trying to find a way to keep it from the coaches and the press, because they don’t want to ruin there football program and chances of players getting scholarship. Some people my think this book is a realist fiction and a sports novel.
Matt Ryder is the captain of the football team, who is like a star at Near Mount High school. He also plays baseball and his dad owns Ryder catering, who played football for Near Mount High and went to college until he had a career ending injury. He wants matt to get a college scholarship to a Division one school. They had a new player on the team he was a sophomore named Chris, because he was new to the team he had to be initiating to the team. So one day at summer practice the team was trying to initiate him into the program but it went terrible wrong. Matt is trying to find a way to get the secret out there without ruining his school football program.
I enjoyed reading this book because it is about thing that happens everyday in school. I could understand why Matt was confused on what decision aout the secret. I think that he make the right decision about coming out with the secret. The was really captivating because of how all the character protrayed. There are conflict, girls, freindship, and popularity. While I was reading the book at times it seem that the teams was going to slip and each captain would play apart to try and persuade each member of the right thing to do. I would rate this book 4.5 stars out of 5 stars because, it is a great book with a mind blowning ending.
April 27, 2010
From beginning to end this book kept me turning page after page again and again. Robert Lipstye did an excellent job in bringing to life the kind of things that go on inside the locker room. In this book the main character Matt Rydek, plays on the varsity football team at Nearmont High. There, football players are treated like royalty. Especially Matt, who also happens to be one of the captains. Throughout this book Robert Lipstye throws in twists and turns that you could never see coming. The book keeps you interested as Matt struggles between maintaining his loyalty to the team and his morals and what he believes is right. He believes that his job as a captain is to make sure the players can come talk to him about things. All throughout this book Robert Lipstye takes you deep into the dark corners of the locker room where guys are juicing steroids to get bigger and popping vicodin pills to take the pain away. Things you wouldn’t think would actually happen at a High School. Well at Nearmont high, guys like matt are doing everything they can to “make it”. At Nearmont a lot of guys including Matt are trying to get that college scholarship, but when something happens that could affect whether or not they finish the season; guys vow to keep it “in the locker room”. Matt’s not sure if this is right, but he can’t betray the program. This kept me into the book which turned out to be a very quick read for me. I almost wanted to read it again after I was through it was so good. Admitedly, it did have some rather raunchy moments, but it managed to keep the tone of the story. And not for one second did you doubt that you were reading from the perspective of a 17 year old.
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October 7, 2016Raiders Night by Robert Lipsyte
My books about football it's about a team that puts the team first it's a about team that plays every down like it's their last they play every game like it's a playoff game!
They trust each other they care for one another but here and there they have their ups and downs just like any other team! In my book the characters are teenagers so yes the party reduced of the teenagers do. The senior players want to have the best season so their job is to get the freshman ready the lower class. So they try to go hard every day yell at them call them names put them down. So the coach decides to take him out of town in the country for a camp they sleep together to eat together a practice all day so they can build a family you have to learn how to sleep together together to play together that's what the coach said. At the end of the camp they learn how to play together so they ended up having a good season that's what I like about this book. I have a strength to this book because it’s about football and I play football and
I trust my team just like the kids in the book do. But I also have a weaknesses to this book because it took me a minute to get into it. Because it was boring at sometimes points and it took to long to get to the points in the book that’s why i had weaknesses. I give this book 4 stars Because it’s about the sport I love and they talk a lot about the sport. And didn’t i give it 5 stars Because it got boring at some points. I recommendation Remember the Titans and We Are Marshall, The Blind Side and also Facing the Giants and my fav Rudy.
My books about football it's about a team that puts the team first it's a about team that plays every down like it's their last they play every game like it's a playoff game!
They trust each other they care for one another but here and there they have their ups and downs just like any other team! In my book the characters are teenagers so yes the party reduced of the teenagers do. The senior players want to have the best season so their job is to get the freshman ready the lower class. So they try to go hard every day yell at them call them names put them down. So the coach decides to take him out of town in the country for a camp they sleep together to eat together a practice all day so they can build a family you have to learn how to sleep together together to play together that's what the coach said. At the end of the camp they learn how to play together so they ended up having a good season that's what I like about this book. I have a strength to this book because it’s about football and I play football and
I trust my team just like the kids in the book do. But I also have a weaknesses to this book because it took me a minute to get into it. Because it was boring at sometimes points and it took to long to get to the points in the book that’s why i had weaknesses. I give this book 4 stars Because it’s about the sport I love and they talk a lot about the sport. And didn’t i give it 5 stars Because it got boring at some points. I recommendation Remember the Titans and We Are Marshall, The Blind Side and also Facing the Giants and my fav Rudy.
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December 8, 2010So far i think this book is very good because it relates to me a lot. This book is about a high school football team and i just got done playing my senior year of football. This book is very interesting and really fun to read because all of the stuff that is involved in it. In this book they talk about the players taking pain pills and using steriods. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes football and likes reading about it. They always talk about all the players partying all the time in this book and it makes it seem like all football players do is party.
11/11/10
I just finished reading this book and i thought it was a very good book. I would suggest this book to anyone who plays football or enjoys reading about it. This book kind of blows some things out of proportion, like the high school students hazing that they did and the steriods, but it made it even more interesting. Overall i really liked this book and would say it is one of the better ones that i have ever read. I would like to see another book, to make it like a series, because i think they could make another very good book to go along with this one. The book didnt talk about football as much as i wished it would have, but it was still very good.
11/11/10
I just finished reading this book and i thought it was a very good book. I would suggest this book to anyone who plays football or enjoys reading about it. This book kind of blows some things out of proportion, like the high school students hazing that they did and the steriods, but it made it even more interesting. Overall i really liked this book and would say it is one of the better ones that i have ever read. I would like to see another book, to make it like a series, because i think they could make another very good book to go along with this one. The book didnt talk about football as much as i wished it would have, but it was still very good.
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