This is not about Vampires or X-Box games - but about real life experiences; choices and consequences that revolve around the world of high school sports and competition. Similar to a 'Friday Night Lights' or 'Hoosiers' story, but is based on the town of Raymond, AB and reveals the pros and cons of the Southern Alberta agriculture and Mormon influences on a successful sports program that claimed over fifty Provincial titles over the big city schools. Kids are raised there to be anything but average! First-place achievers, nurtured by the traditional values of their rural conservative small town. Best friends Steele, Luke, and McCoy not only face challenges of a farm and ranch lifestyle, but also adhere to the pressures of their high school senior year. They're prepared to lead their teams to victory through another flawless season, with a successful sports program.
But, when Steele is introduced to a different way of life by some new kids in town, he decides to leave his team's strict code of conduct behind. Drawn into a decadent world of drinking and partying, his behavior becomes increasingly erratic, causing conflicts at every turn. Soon, the Knightville football team finds itself minus top players-right before playoffs, as well as the derailment of a winning basketball program.
In a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) community built on morals, values, and integrity of character, will this small-town hero and football star choose to turn his behavior around? Or have Steele's days as a top athlete and leader come to an untimely end?
Find out in Anything But Average, a captivating tale of friendship, community, rural life, winning strategies, character, and consequences. Similar to a Friday Night Lights story.
About the Author: Laureen Muir Heggie lives on a farm in Southern Alberta, with her husband Robert, and their four children nearby.
She has worked as a writer, editor, and photojournalist for a variety of media sources over the years, including, Canadian Professional Rodeo News, Western Horse Review Magazine, Westwind Weekly News, and CBC Radio. In 2004, she earned a Marketing and Media Award from the American Quarter Horse Association for her article titled "Foundation to Future."
Heggie and her family have competed in a variety of sports, and rodeo and horse events, providing plenty of inspiration for her young adult novel Anything But Average.
