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From New York Times bestselling author and former NFL defensive end Tim Green comes a football story about a boy who is given a chance to prove that wealth and privilege don't matter on the football field, as long as he has the skills to compete.
Tim Green tells a heartfelt and moving story about a deaf boy's journey to change how others see him—both on and off the football field. All Landon Dorch has ever wanted is to be like everyone else. His deafness has been an obstacle all of his life. But now he finally sees his chance to fit in.
From the author of Gym Candy comes a novel of football and bullying, finding friends and finding courage. With both good speed and good hands, wide receiver Brock Ripley should be a natural for the varsity team, but he shies away from physical contact.
A troubled Wisconsin teenager finds solid ground and grievous injury alike on the gridiron. If a whole family could be said to suffer from PTSD it would be Isaiah's, devastated by sudden, violent deaths.
Fifteen-year-old Felton Reinstein hits puberty and transforms from a nerd to an athlete but struggles to cope with his mom's growing mental health struggles in Geoff Herbach's young adult novel, Stupid Fast (2011). Bullied and teased most of his young life, Felton has anxiety caused by his dad's death by suicide.
When softball star Liv Rodinsky throws one ill-advised punch during the most important game of the year, she loses her scholarship to her fancy private school, her boyfriend, and her teammates all in one fell swoop.
Told from the first-person perspective of Arlo Brodie, the novel is divided into the four years of high school, with each year — freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior —showing the progression from junior varsity to varsity football and the ever more brutal head injuries inflicted — and suffered — by Arlo.
Two years ago, Maggie Carleton's life fell apart when her father murdered her mother. And after she told the police what happened, she stopped speaking and hasn't spoken since. Even the move to Lawton, Alabama, couldn't draw Maggie back out. So she stayed quiet, keeping her sorrow and her fractured heart hidden away.
As a Congressman's daughter in Washington, D.C., Kate Hamilton is good at getting what she wants—what some people might call “interfering.” But when her family moves to West Texas so her dad can run in a special election, Kate encounters some difficulties that test all her political skills.
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