Part 1, Chapter 5 Summary

Mick, Drew, DeShawn, and the football team practices on their own through the summer, because coaches are not allowed to watch them until the season begins. In June, Mick gets his learner's permit to drive. His mom teaches him how to drive her Honda, and Mick's father promises him to teach him how to work the clutch in his jeep when he is comfortable with the Honda.

Part 1, Chapter 5 Analysis

In addition to Mick's success on the football field, he also enjoys increasing responsibilities at home, learning how to drive. Not only is the pressure aligning in Mick's life, but so are the rewards for those pressures, such as driving (which itself also adds another dimension of pressure, though to a different extent than football).