Rhino's Run

Name: Rhino's Run
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Robert Lipsyte
ISBN: 9780063343900

Author: Robert Lipsyte

Narrator: Gary Tiedemann

Unabridged: 4 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 01/28/2025

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Sports, Football, Social Themes, Bullying

Synopsis

“You can’t play it safe when you’re the captain.”From celebrated author Robert Lipsyte, this powerful coming-of-age follows high school football player Ronnie "Rhino" Rhinehart after a violent incident at school leaves him questioning everything he ever believed.Ronnie Rhinehart, better known as Rhino on the field, is the captain of his high school team in Woodhaven, a small town obsessed with football. His only goal is to earn a Division I football scholarship so he can escape this town forever. Until the day he punches Josh Kremens in the face.To avoid serious punishment and stay in school, Ronnie is forced to join Group, a cast of misfits who discuss their feelings with a counselor. At the same time, tensions are rising on the football team. Not everyone is happy that Ronnie, a junior, was named captain, especially Cogan and his friends the Berserkers. Other than his best friend, Andy, Ronnie struggles to find solace and support, even at home, where his dad puts pressure on him to maintain his role on the team. Reluctantly, Ronnie finds himself liking aspects of Group, even if he isn’t always a welcome presence to the other members. Then one fateful day, Keith, another Group member, comes to school with a gun . . . and everything changes.

About Robert Lipsyte

Robert Lipsyte is the author of twelve acclaimed novels for young adults and is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his lifetime contribution to the genre. His debut YA novel, The Contender, has sold more than one million copies. He was an award-winning sportswriter for the New York Times and the Emmy-winning host of the nightly public affairs show The Eleventh Hour. He lives on Shelter Island, New York, with his wife, Lois, and his dog, Apollo.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tracy on February 02, 2025

Ronald "Rhino" is a junior in high school and captain of the football team in a small town a couple hours away from NYC. Rhino has set his goal of getting a scholarship to play at a Division I school, his ticket out of town. This goal becomes questionable when he punches another student who was lead......more

Goodreads review by John on March 01, 2025

There are plenty of YA books about sports where bullying in involved. This is perhaps the most intelligent one I have read. It starts at a school assembly where Rhino, a junior of the football team, reacts when another student slams his head into his nose. Rhino reacts, punching the boy. Both are su......more

Goodreads review by Vicky on December 13, 2024

Another great coming-of-age book by Lipsyte, Rhino (Ronald) is captain of the football team and when he’s punched one day by Josh they have to attend Group in order to stay in school and on the team. One day during Group someone comes in, and they hear gun shots. As time goes on, Rhino wonders if he......more

Goodreads review by Caitlin on February 19, 2025

certainly not a bad book, but being set in the fall of 2016 makes it feel more like a period piece than current events. so much has changed and a lot of the themes of the book have gained a lot more momentum in ways that amplify the tension also lots of unresolved threads and arcs- part of that is th......more

Goodreads review by Chris on March 14, 2025

This is Robert Lipsyte at his best. The man knows sports. The man knows teenagers. The man knows education. Rhino is caught between the world of football (in a town where football is king) and the world of thought, and creativity. He lives where there is an abyss between the two...and when a gun com......more