Conditions change, but girlhood remains essentially the same in the passing years. Girls confront life, and wears the spect of the sphynx. What shall it offer them, what gifts bestow, what good shall they do? Girls are restless, they long for careers, they are caught in the whirl of the period. They acknowledge the claim that society in the realm of poverty, as in that of wealth, has opon them, every one. In the end, with my Janet, those are the happiest who find their career ending in a good man's love, and their world bounded by the four walls of home."-Margaret E. Sangster

    Behind the Line: A Story of College Life and Football tells the story of Neil Fletcher, one of the star players for the Hillton football team. The book features plenty of exciting action, including a kidnapping.