Roberts, Diane

"Both dispatch and dissertation, NPR contributor Diane Roberts, an English professor at Florida State University, gives a insider's account of a big time college football program in the midst of controversy, while examining the impact and legacy of the sport's popularity in America today"--.

Baker is unhappy about leaving Seattle and his job as director of his grandmother's puppet shows, but he soon discovers that the kids in Texas aren't much different than in his old school.

Twelve-year-old Jason's dream of being a contestant on the trivia game show Masquerade Mania is jeopardized by his family's trip to California--a cross-country nightmare in an embarrassing camper with annoying siblings and a copycat nemesis.

Jason, who longs to try out for his favorite game show, is excited when his parents plan a family vacation to California until he learns that it will be a cross-country camping expedition in a camper that looks like a giant sardine can.