Maddox, Jake
Summary: When eighth grade basketball player Shaena suffers a concussion in a game, she finds herself sidelined two weeks before the big game--and as she watches her team practice with the new freshman player, Shaena, who is used to being the star, starts to worry that by the time she recovers she will no longer be needed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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Summary: While recovering from a game-related concussion, football star Isaiah wonders what his life would be like without the game.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HERElliott, Clark
Summary: "The dramatic story of one man's recovery offers new hope to those suffering from concussions and other brain traumas. In 1999, Clark Elliott suffered a concussion when his car was rear-ended. Overnight his life changed from that of a rising professor with a research career in artificial intelligence to a humbled man struggling to get through a single day. At times he couldn't walk across a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 ELLSandel, Elizabeth
Summary: "Sports concussions make headlines, but you don't have to be an NFL star to suffer traumatic brain injury. In Shaken Brain, Elizabeth Sandel, MD, shares stories and research from her decades treating and studying brain injuries. She explains what concussions do to our bodies, how to avoid them, and how to recover"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 SANOmalu, Bennet I. (Bennet Ifeakandu)
Summary: Offers an account of the author's life, describing his childhood in war-torn Nigeria and the forensic pathology studies that led to his much-criticized findings about the role of concussion in brain disease.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OMALU, BENNET OMASummary: A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful and beloved institutions in the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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Summary: From America's preeminent expert on the head trauma crisis in sports, a timely, provocative, essential guide to concussions in youth sports, what they are, how to treat them, and how to protect our young athletes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.1 CANLaskas, Jeanne Marie
Summary: The unlikely story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the pathologist who made one of the most significant medical discoveries of the twenty-first century, a discovery that challenges the existence of America's favorite sport and puts him in the crosshairs of football's most powerful corporation: the NFL.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617 LASForgrave, Reid
Summary: "The story of a young man from small-town Iowa who decided to take his own life rather than continue his losing battle against the traumatic brain injuries (CTE) he had sustained as a no-holds-barred high school football player, and at the same time a larger story about the hot-button issues that football raises about masculinity and violence, and about what values we want to instill in our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EASTER, ZAC FORKeyes, Marian
Summary: "Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend a lot of time together--birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, weekends away. And they're a happy family. Johnny's wife, Jessie--who has the most money--insists on it. Under the surface, though, conditions are murkier. While some people clash, other people like each other far too much . ....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Canada 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KEYMeck, Su.
Summary: "Just twenty-two years old, Su Meck was already married and the mother of two children in 1988 when a ceiling fan in the kitchen of her home fell from its mounting and struck her in the head. She survived the life-threatening swelling in her brain that resulted from the accident, but when she regained consciousness in the hospital the next day, she didn't know her own name. She didn't recognize...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 MECK, SU MECStamm, Julie M.
Summary: "This book dispels myths about head impacts in youth sports, potential consequences of these collisions, and the changes sports organizations have made to make these sports "safer than ever." It will empower parents and athletes to make an informed decision on sports participation and provide recommendations on how to make these sports safer"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.4 STABolzan, Scott
Summary: Describes how a former NFL player suffered permanent amnesia after a head injury--losing all of his memories of his past, his wife and children, and the imprint of a lifetime of learning--and describes how he reinvented himself with the help of his wife and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOLZAN, SCOTT BOLFainaru-Wada, Mark
Summary: Draws on interviews, e-mails, and previously undisclosed documents to reveals how the NFL has endeavored to cover up evidence of the connection between football and brain damage for the past two decades.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.1027 FAILupica, Mike
Summary: When Coach Coop, a former star player for the Dallas Cowboys, starts exhibiting side effects from the many concussions he suffered while playing professionally, twelve-year-old wide receiver Clay Hollis becomes determined to help him get through the football season until Thanksgiving, when Coach plans to attend a ceremony honoring him and his former Super Bowl-winning teammates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Lupica 2017Utecht, Ben
Summary: "After five major concussions, NFL tight-end Ben Utecht of the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals is losing his memories. This is his powerful and emotional love letter to his wife and daughters--whom he someday may not recognize--and an inspiring message for all to live every moment fully. Emotionally powerful, inspiring, and uplifting, Ben's story will captivate and encourage you to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Howard Books 2016