Brian Norwood looks forward to being a star on the Trojan high-school football team, just like his father was. But once he is in the team's inner circle, he learns that there's more involved than just playing. An initiation rite, which in his dad's day was called the Tunnel of Love, now involves getting a drunk girl to strip and then sending a photo of her around school. Brian doesn't think that he is the kind of guy who would do this t it turns out that he is. This first book in the new high/low Red Zone series seems to tell a lot rather than show it. For instance, the scene with the girl is completely offstage. Perhaps these omissions keep the book shorter, but it does feel as if text is missing. On the plus side, readers will identify with Brian, who just wants to play football and is in over his head as he tries to keep up with the team hotshots and maintain a sense of self. They will like the football, too.