Every year, football injuries send more than 200,000 children and teens to emergency rooms. Since 1931, more than 1000 people have been killed while playing football.
Did people back then value life less? Were they stupid and ignorant, or are bicycle helmets a bad idea?ĥ. In the 1960s, no one other than professional bike racers wore bicycle helmets.
How does that affect his world view compared to that of his grandson?Ĥ. How much is this due to his age, how much has to do with his family history, and how much is due to his particular circumstances? Is the way Bo is treated “fair?”ģ. How does that influence Bo’s decisions?Ģ. In the first chapter we learn that Bo’s father, as well as several other family members, are serving time in prison. He lives in Minnesota and Wisconsin with mystery writer and poet Mary Logue and their two poodles, Rene and Jacques.ġ. When he is not writing, Pete likes to read, play poker, run, hike and cook. He won the 2004 National Book Award for Godless. Since then he has authored such critically-acclaimed and award-winning titles as Mrs. In 1991, he completed the novel Drawing Dead which was published by Simon & Schuster two years later. Louis Park, Minnesota, attended both the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the University of Minnesota, and worked as a sign painter and graphic artist before turning to writing. Rash is the story of how his “rash” behavior lands him in a prison camp run by a sadistic former football coach, where he must play an illegal and almost forgotten sport: tackle football. Teenager Bo Marsten has grown up in this ultra-safe environment, but he has trouble following the many rules. French fries are illegal, contact sports have been banned, and obesity is a crime punishable by imprisonment. In the United Safer States of America, personal safety has become society’s obsession.
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