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Charlie Gaines lives with his single mother in L.A. because his father abandoned him when he was an infant. Charlie is now 12 years old. Charlie’s friends call him Brain and for a good reason to. Charlie gets this nickname because Charlie is very Brainy when it comes to football. Charlie isn’t a straight “A” student but he spends most of his time studying football stats and players. Charlie loves the game of football, so if he isn’t analyzing the it he is playing it except he doesn’t believe he is very good; although Anna and others say he is pretty good. Charlie’s best friend is Anna. According to the author (Mike Lupica on pg.18) Anna is the only person who loves football as much as Charlie. They’re prized team is the L.A. Bulldogs. Which …show more content…

It is fun to read about the things he is able to predict while playing football. That is one of my favorite parts in the book! Chapter 3: The Warrens Besides Charlie the Warrens play the biggest role in this story. The Warrens are a very wealthy family, in fact, they are so wealthy that they own a football team that they built from the ground up in L.A. bringing pro football back to Los Angeles. Besides Charlie, Joe Warren is my favorite character! Joe Warren is the owner of the L.A. Bulldogs. The Bulldogs as you may know are Charlie’s favorite team. This may have something to do with why Charlie and Joe get along so well, but that is never said in the book. Joe is portrayed as a very nice character in this book. I believe this is why Joe is such a likeable character. On the other hand his son, Matt, is very hated throughout Los Angeles. This is mostly because he is known to make bad decisions when it comes to football being the G.M. or the Bulldogs. For this reason Joe wasn't displayed as such a likeable character (this can also be seen on pg.18). Overall the Warrens are a good family. They are pretty much the epicenter of the story. Besides Charlie and the

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