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The engines roared and the plane raced down the runway. Without knowing it, Ozzie gripped the seat. Houses became matchboxes, trucks turned into toys, and like a sucker punch it hit him that there was no going back. He was leaving Pop, Jess, Johnno; the only place he'd ever known.' Ozzie knows what he loves: rugby league, the smell of his Pop's farm when it rains, and Jess. But when you become a high-school football star in Texas all this can slip away like a greasy football. When America wants you, it's hard not to want her back. From Pat Flynn comes the story of an Australian boy who changes the way American football is played, and is changed by America and its football. 'Will appeal to all sports fans' (Library Services, 2007)
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