Unstoppable

by Tim Green

New York Times  bestselling author Tim Green has written an unforgettable story—inspired by interviews with real-life cancer survivors and insider sports experience—showing a brave boy who learns what it truly means to be unstoppable. "Absolutely heroic, and something every guy should read."  —  National Ambassador for Young People's Literature emeritus Jon Scieszka If anyone understands the phrase "tough luck," it's Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows his dream of one day playing in the NFL is a long shot. Then Harrison is brought into a new home with kind, loving parents—his new dad is even a football coach. Harrison's big build and his incredible determination quickly make him a star running back on the junior high school team. On the field, he's practically unstoppable. But Harrison's good luck can't last forever. When a routine sports injury leads to a devastating diagnosis, it will take every ounce of Harrison's determination not to give up for good. With hundreds of thousands of devoted readers, Tim Green’s books are the perfect mix of accessible and heartwarming.   “I don’t know anyone–kid or adult—who won’t root heart and soul for Harrison.  Unstoppable  means you can’t put this book down!” —bestselling author Gordon Korman

Genres: Sports, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Football, Fiction, Middle Grade, Family

368 pages, Paperback

First published September 18, 2012

About the author

Tim Green, for many years a star defensive end with the Atlanta Falcons, is a man of many talents. He's the author of such gripping books for adults as the New York Times bestselling The Dark Side of the Game and a dozen suspense novels, including Exact Revenge and Kingdom Come. Tim graduated covaledictorian from Syracuse University and was a first-round NFL draft pick. He later earned his law degree with honors. Tim has worked as an NFL analyst for FOX Sports and as an NFL commentator for National Public Radio, among other broadcast experience. He lives with his wife, Illyssa, and their five children in upstate New York. Football Genius is his first novel for young readers. For more updates, visit www.facebook.com/authortimgreen

Reviews

[Mark Holder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unstoppable by Tim Green was inspired by real life cancer survivors including his wife. The book shows how people can be brave in all situations. This book is about a young boy names Harrison. Harrison was a foster child that went from foster home to foster home. He was abused both physically and mentally. Harrison was driven to violent outrages. Harrison wad finally placed in a loving foster home where all his dreams of becoming an NFL player could come true.

Harrison was in and out of foster homes. Harrison was placed in a foster home with an abusive foster father. Mr Constable hit him with a belt buckle in the eye, which led Harrison to kill him with a pitchfork. He was taken away and place with a loving family. The police officer who was on his case was the mother of the new foster mom. The foster dad was a junior high school coach. Harrison had always wanted to play football, which he has never been allowed to do. Harrison learned to play football and was able to use his aggression in a postitive way.

Harrison went on to play high school football. One day in football practice he got hit in the knee. He didn't go to the doctor because he thought the pain would go away. Harrison was playing in one of the last games of the season and he got hit again in the same knee. He was rushed to the hospital where they ran test and found out that he had cancer in his right knee. When he woke up, he could not feel himself scratching his knee. They ended up amputating his leg. He was able to come back with a prostetic leg and play football again. Harrison showed that he could be brave and come back out on top.

In conclusion, Unstoppable proved to be a great book. Tim Green was able to tie in what his wife was going through as a cancer survivor herself. I would recommend this book to any young guy or girl. My mom read this book and had tears in her eyes. I would have to say, that this is one of my favorite books I've read.

[Jordan K · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this was a great book. I really enjoyed this book and I will always enjoy this series of Tim Green. This is one of my favorite books off the shelf. I would buy the whole series if I had the money for it. I never want books for my birthday but reading a couple books from this series has changed my mind. I cant wait to read them all!!!

[Arixel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Are you into reading books that involve sports? Well, then I suggest this book to you. Unstoppable is a realistic fiction book filled with many thrills! I'm not much into reading books like these, but this one is amazing. It's incredible how your life could change in an instant. I definitely recommend this to anyone and if you're like me who rarely reads books like these, I'm sure you'll enjoy this book as much as I did.


The setting of my book at first takes place in a farm but soon ends up in a smaller town. Harrison is a foster child who is pushed around by his foster parents, the Constables. One day while out on the farm he argues with Mr.Constable and things don't end up good, Harrison was hit in the eye with a belt, he got furious and hit his father with a pitchfork, which caused his father to die. He was sent to a juvenile center and while being there he met Mrs.Godfrey, the nicest person he has met in a long time. A few days passed by and Mrs.Godfrey has good news for Harrison, her daughter, Jennifer says her and her husband (coach) want to adopt him. They brought him home and it was nothing like he expected. Harrison almost thought that was too good to be true. The best part was his father was a football coach and that's where it all started. Harrison's dream was to be in the NFL and so the coach soon realized Harrison was such a great player on the field. Being teased a lot, judged by his teacher, he manages to always find a positive side to life. The championships are coming Harrison and his friends and family are happy until a tragedy happens. One game before the championships, Harrison has injured his leg and of course he just says he's fine and walks it off, even though he's in so much pain. To the point where he had to tell his parents, they both decided to take him to a hospital and have an MRI, and devastating news comes to Harrison, his family, and even his team.. but will this keep Harrison from being unstoppable? The conflict of this book is person vs self, he has to decide for himself between continuing to play football or never playing again .

An interesting thing I learned from the book was how you can achieve anything no matter the circumstances you're in. Just how Harrison had to move on after accidentally causing the death of his foster dad , or how the injury impacted him but it didn't quite stop him, he kept trying and trying. Harrison knew it would be hard for him to move on from everything else that has happened so far in his life. The book overall showed me never give up and at least keep trying. Also, I was moved by the way Harrison's new parents, Kelly and Ron (coach), treated him. It can show that good things come to those that wait and because of their great kindness and love, Harrison slowly started seeing life as happy once again rather than a life full of pain. In addition, they give Harrison all their support, helping him into his new school, making sure he's happy, looking out for his safety and even being there for Harrison at his worst times. Appreciate the things you have, you never know, take Harrison for an example, even having to switch foster homes and being beaten, he still made the best out of life and appreciated every bit of it.

I didn't agree with how the people treated Harrison and even his teacher as I mentioned before. For example, some of Harrison's teammates teased him because at first he was confused about how to play or they'd think he was different just cause he was shy and wouldn't interact with anyone. Throughout the story it continued to get worse. Going back to the teacher, Mrs.Zebolt, she judged Harrison because of his past an even tried to hit him with a ruler. He had a pretty rough time, and the idea of people treating him that way, I strongly disagreed on their attitudes. We shouldn't care about a person's past. I'd say there was more than one major event that changed the main character, Harrison. The first one was meeting Kelly and Ron, because they definitely changed his life into a happier one. One without any violence, pain or torture. They were the ones who started his career into becoming a professional NFL player. The other event was his incident. At first he was a total wreck, he thought he had it the worst, Until one day while in chemotherapy, he met Marty who has it worse, but Harrison realized with the care and love from him, Marty was inspired by Harrison and that's when he realized he needed to keep going and trying.

I'm going to give this book 5 stars. Why? Well, because it was so well written and inspired me to get right back up when something happens. It shows how even people who struggle in life manage to find a great path in life and follow it, just how Harrison met Ron and from there he started his journey to becoming a successful and a great person. I'd recommend this to anyone really, especially to those who really like to read a book about sports. Anything can happen, but make the best out of it. Give this book a try, it could even be a life lesson to some of us.

[Luke C. · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book Unstoppable is about a boy named harrison who never gives up no matter what happens. In the book Harrison is a foster kid who has been transferred from foster home to foster home. And Harrison is never happy which foster home he goes to. But luckily Harrison gets a new family that actually loves him. And the foster dad is a football coach, and Harrison loves football. His new foster parents end up adopting him and Harrison got to play football for his dad. Harrison even finished the season with 46 touchdowns, playing running back. But unfortunately theres a mean boy named Leo Howard who doesn't like Harrison. So during a practice one day Leo gives Harrison a late hit right to his knee. After Harrison has the doctor check it he says Harrison has bone cancer. So they ended up having to amputate his leg. After Harrison feels down about not being able to play football his dad calls up his old friend Major Bauer. Harrison ends up getting trained by major for a chance to play football again with his prosthetic leg. Harrison does end up playing football again but only on special teams. And Harrison finally feels unstoppable. I would suggest this book to anyone who plays football. I rated it five stars because I think it was the best book I ever read.

Pages: 343
Author: Tim Green
Realistic Fiction

[Xavier.F · Rating 3 out of 5]

never give up

[Jeanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

RC 2015 I struggle to give two stars to this book because I saw Tim Green speak about the book and the topic and he is so passionate about them, but I just couldn't enjoy it. The problem is that I am not Green's target audience (11-15 year old boys) and the things that make this book perfect for them make it a struggle for me. I felt this book tried to do too much--was this book about foster care nightmares, foster care success stories, learning to play football for the first time, overcoming an amputation, fighting cancer, dealing with grief? Young boys would like all the plot twists, but I would just like the story to delve more deeply into a singular focus (which Green can do like he did in Football Genius). I was really hoping that there would have been more about the violence/anger of football being tempered to appreciate other teamwork/strategy elements of the game but the story was hijacked by the medical issues before it could develop into that storyline. The chapters can be super short and always end mid-action. Again, a great ploy for the target audience but annoying to a seasoned reader. I think I had my expectations too high because I was hoping we could use this for our annual community-wide read and bring in Tim Green as a speaker (because he is awesome to listen to!), but the beginning with the foster father may be too much since our books are often read by families with younger children.

[Karson · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book Unstoppable it felt as if I were with him on the journey he was going on. It really kept me reading because there are quite a few tragic things that happen to this 12 year old boy Harrison. He jumps from his real Mom, to his foster parents the Constables an they don't treat him very well, and then he finds the one family that fits him perfectly. This was great because when all the chaos with the Constable was going on it really kept me reading and so did his new family when he told his new Dad that was also the Junior High football Coach and Harrison wants to play football, when he finally starts to play in the games people call him "Unstoppable." But something terrible happens to Harrison, and this is what made me feel like I was going on the journey with Harrison. He goes through so many things and so much pain and so many tears. He doesn't just sit there though, e gets up and works as hard as he can with Coach's old buddy from the Army that had a similar tragedy as Harrison. The man Major Bauer works with Harrison to hopefully get him back out on the football field and making him "Unstoppable" like he was before.

[Harris Jenvey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Football book

[Elisa M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unstoppable by Tim Green was an INCREDIBLE book about not giving up when times get tough, because in the end you won’t regret not giving up on the things and the people you love.

The genre of this book is realistic fiction, and it takes place in the present day. This book is about a foster boy named Harrison living in a harsh foster home, who has a love for football. Then, Harrison is adopted by a caring family who is excited for them to share their lives with their new adopted son. And just as it seemed like it couldn’t get any better, Harrison finds out his new dad is the coach of his school’s football team. Harrison’s determination and his willingness to play football pays off, and he soon becomes the best running back on his school’s football team. Harrison is basically unstoppable. But when he gets cancer and he has to get his leg removed, world seems to have turned from amazing, to terrible. And the only way to get better is to work hard and not give up, because Harrison is not turning back now. Harrison truly becomes unstoppable.

This book is now one of my favorite books of all time, and I have many good things to say about it. Harrison’s situation isn’t very common, but it adds some drama to the book which makes it interesting and emotional. I really like the message of the book and how Tim Green ties the message into the book. The cancer part of the book is sad and so is the foster home part, and you really start to feel bad for Harrison. This book made me really emotional, which makes it a better book in my opinion. Tim Green’s writing style really brings you into the book and makes you feel like you are in the book, and Green’s adjectives add to that feeling you get when you feel like you are there with the characters. I also like how the author makes your heart skip a beat when Harrison makes an amazing play on the football field, and how he makes you want to get up and cheer for Harrison. I absolutely LOVE everything about this book.

I would definitely recommend this book to middle school aged kids who love sports, and who like a little bit of drama twisted into the books that they read. This book is mostly about sports, so if you like sports this will probably be a good book for you. I would recommend this book to middle schoolers because it is about a middle school aged kid, and many kids could probably relate to some of Harrison’s life (not the adoption part and the cancer part but probably the school team sport and the determination to be really good at what you love). There is a little bit of drama that is intertwined within the book having to do with bullies and the hardships of being a foster child. I hope this helps and I would 100% for sure recommend it!

[England · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book made me cry. All of Tim's books are amazing.

Even if life gives you a dream, then gives you an obstacle, don't pay attention to the obstacle and don't live it.
Pay attention to your dream and live it.

And that is exactly what Harrison did. Football was his dream, he almost gave up... But Marty- thank God for Marty! He was a true hero and showed Harrison not to quit. Marty made me cry, Harrison's life before he got adopted made me sad, and the ending of the book made me cry... This is definitely one of Tim's greatest books, and it shows.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unstoppable
Tim Green
2/28/18
Unstoppable by Tim Green is a great piece of fiction. It is packed with a lot of sad, rage creating moments.
If anyone understands the phrase, “tough luck,” it is Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows that his chances playing professional football is almost 100% not going to happen. Harrison is not very cooperative so when he “accidentally” kills his foster dad it is the last straw. Harrison is brought into a new home with very nice caring parents and his dad is a football coach. He quickly becomes the star running back on the junior high school football team and is practically unstoppable. But his luck just ran out. When a normal sports team turns into a devastating diagnosis, it will take everything Harrison has got to not give up.
I thought that this was an amazing, sad book that I would definitely recommend to others. I learned a great lesson too, that you should never give up even if things the worst for you.

[Isaac8/9 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the book unstoppable.Because of its cliffhangers.I also like that Harrison has to face a lot of obstacles that he has to overcame. It is one of my favorite books.

[LilBat · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorites as a kid.

[Audie Shedd · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a nice read. I really enjoyed it and read it in two days. I enjoyed the plot and the happy ending.

[Danielle · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't get very far into this one, I admit. But it touched on a major pet peeve of mine... The Evil Foster Family Stereotype.
Nope. I am so done with that one.

[Jaden Onaca · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is really inspiring to me. It is about this boy who wants to become a football player and ends up being the best player in his city. This book teaches you that you should never give up and always work hard.

[Raf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Harrison is an angry teenager. One could forgive him, after finding out about his life story. Harrison switched foster homes very often as a child, mostly due to his anger, until he lands in an abusive home. The adopted father is so abusive that Harrison ends up killing him and has to be transferred to a different family. In a tremendous stroke of luck, he is matched with a loving family and a step-father who happens to be a football coach. Harrison's big stature, anger, and unyielding determination are put to good use and he finds that football is his calling. At the same time, it wouldn't be a story of perseverance if the book ended there. Harrison is struck with another stroke of bad luck when he finds he has cancer and one of his legs has to be amputated. Throughout the story, Harrison finds friends and family that care for him and make him realize that dreams are worth fighting for and that obstacles, however much they might seem insurmountable, can be overcome. This novel is a great resource for middle school students who are looking for inspiration in order to help them realize that dreams are worth fighting for, and the most difficult challenges are the ones worth overcoming because nothing in life is worth doing if it is easy.

[Jacob Doede · Rating 4 out of 5]

Personal Response
I really like the book Unstoppable by Tim Green. It had a very good detailed storyline that I enjoyed reading. The character development in the book was very good on describing and explaining why the characters were like that.

Plot Summary
At the beginning Harrison lived on a with twelve other foster kids. His foster parents treated the children very badly. They would beat them, make them work very long hours, and feed them terribly food. Harrisons foster dad dies because a cow steps on his head. Harrison has to go to a new family. This new family is very nice to him and they treat him very good. He starts school and on the first day he gets bullied by Leo Howard. He doesn't worry about it and keeps going on with his day. At practice he is phenomenal; he´s running people over and scoring all kinds of touchdowns. Harrison meets a new friend named Becky. Her and he became very close to each other. One day at practice Harrison runs a touchdown, but Leo doesn't stop and hits Harrison right in the knee. It hurts so he goes to the doctor and the doctor says they have to go into surgery right away. They amputate his leg from the knee down. He gets really depressed and doesn't want anyone to see him. He works hard and gets his strength back, over a year. The next year he gets to go back and play football again.

Recommendations
I would recommend this book to ages 13-16. It has good cliffhangers that make you want to keep reading. The author uses good character development and explains the plot very good.

[Derek Pajor]

the book is about a boy that never gives up on football

[Gus · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about a boy named Harrison. Harrison has been brought up going around from foster family to foster family. One day he is sent to live with a new foster family that is different than all of the rest. His new foster dad is a football coach at the local high school and he encourages Harrison to try out for the team. They soon learn Harrison has amazing skill playing running back because of the way he can run through tacklers like they are nothing and has amazing speed. With his new found passion for football and a foster family that actually loves him it seems that nothing could go wrong for Harrison but soon that all changes.
When Harrison goes to the hospital they soon find out he has cancer. The tumor is in his leg so they try to do chemo as soon as possible to try and get rid of it. His doctors soon realize the sad truth that the tumor is in the bone and have to remove his leg to keep it from spreading. When Harrison wakes up from the surgery he is horrified to find his leg is gone and with it his ability to play football. Harrison soon falls into a deep depression but with the help of a family friend who lost his leg in the war, Harrison learns to use a prosthetic and his passion for football is revived. His family realizes they can't stop his hopes of playing again so he tries out for football and plays special teams for his high school.
Harrison's personality changes throughout the book like a roller coaster. In the beginning he can't believe his luck when he gets a lucky break in his life. Then he slowly loses all hope when he gets the cancer. At the end he soon learns life is only what you make of it and he soon gets back on the horse and finds his true passion for life and football was with him all along. This book is perfect for anybody in sports that needs to be inspire. This book is also good for ages 10-17 because it is around those ages that kids try sports and are actually serious about being the best they can be. I liked this book because I play football and it was very inspiring to see that no matter what happens you can't let life get you down. I gave this book five stars because it is a truly emotional and exciting book.

[Zachary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Zach Dekker
September 6th
E period
Unstoppable

Tim Green has written many books, but this summer I chose his book Unstoppable.

The main character in the book, Unstoppable, is a boy named Harrison. Harrison is a 14-year-old foster child who has been to many abusive families. Unfortunately, Harrison finds the worst family of them all. They are not only abusive, but they don’t let Harrison get the education he deserves. Harrison is a large muscular boy who only has one dream, to play football.

The plot in Unstoppable, starts when Harrison lands in an abusive family. Later on in the story Harrison finds a welcoming family and lives with them. Unfortunately, Harrison reaches a point when everything goes bad, and he believes he will never play football again. Finally, he finds a friend and makes his way back into the football scene. As his life pieces back together he finds he can live with his injuries, and become unstoppable.

The conflict in the book, Unstoppable, starts when Harrison is getting bullied in school. Unfortunately, that is just the tip of the iceberg and Harrison’s medical problems seem more than he can handle. From this point everything goes downhill. When everything seems down Harrison makes a friend who helps him. After lots of training he overcomes his obstacles and is successful in his life goals .

I loved the book Unstoppable, not only was it sad, but exciting and even heart warming. The book took all emotions and pieced them together to make a wonderful read for a child of any age. If you like sports book then you will certainly love Unstoppable. At points it was truly upsetting, and at other points extremely exciting. This was my favorite book I read this summer and I loved it.

[Warren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unstoppable by Tim Green is a football star, cancer Survivor, story. In this book, Harrison is a foster child who goes from foster home to foster home.
Harrison ends up at a foster home on a farm, where he does work every day with very little food, barely any TV, and only a cot to sleep on. Harrison ends up accidentally killing his foster father by knocking him off of the second-floor loft of the barn. When this happens, Harrison transfers into his final foster home where his new loving foster father is a football coach at a local high school. Even though Harrison's foster father was the coach, he never got any special treatment, even when all the kids thought he did.
Harrison was injured when a mean player on his team hit Harrison with an unfair shot to the knee. After a few days of his knee still hurting from the hit, he decided to get it checked out by the doctor. When he did it showed he had bone cancer in his knee, basically ending Harrison's Football career. When Harrison completed all his treatments he came home with an amputated leg.
Harrison was devastated. He knew he would never play football again until his now father called up his old military friend who was also an amputee to help Harrison strengthen his leg/stump to try and help him play football again.
Tim Green's wife was a cancer survivor so he wanted to write a story about what he thought she went through. I've always loved this book for the intensity and the pace that it goes at. Lastly, I'm not the biggest reader, but when I find a book I can read and it is clearly a page turner, I can always get through it within a week. This was one of those books. I've read it more than 5 times because the storyline is right up my alley.

[Braiden]

Harrison is a very tall and muscular kid that got taken away from his mom when he was very little.

In the story Unstoppable a boy named Harrison is adopted and taken to live on a farm with two very mean faster parents. One day, his faster father got mad at Harrison and took his belt off and hit Harrison in the eye. Harrison got mad and hit him with a pitchfork. That made his faster father die. They sent Harrison to a juvenile center. After a couple of days, they found Harrison a new home with people Harrison called coach and Jennifer. Coach was head of the football team, so Harrison decided to play football. Coach made Harrison a running back because Harrison could run very fast and plow through people. After Harrison played a couple of games, his knee started hurting him. After a while, Jennifer started to notice that Harrison was limping. Coach decided to take Harrison to Doc. Smart, a doctor, to see what was wrong with his leg. Doc. Smart found that it was cancer. They took Harrison to the hospital and the doctor put Harrison to sleep. When Harrison woke up, his leg was gone. They got Harrison a prosthetic leg and they taught him how to use it. In the conclusion, Harrison started playing football again.

[Tb Awesome! · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unstoppable is a realistic fiction book about Harrison; a teenager with a very crazy childhood. He doesn't have a dad and his mom is an alcoholic that can't take care of him. He lives as an orphan on a farm with a very mean head person. He loves football, but he is punished if he is ever caught trying to sneak a peak at the t.v. When he is sent to court for accidentally killing the head of the orphanage, he luckily gets put with a nice family as a foster child. His foster dad is the coach for the football team for his age, so he joins the team. He is bigger and stronger then everyone else because of the hard farm work he did as a child. Harrison is the star of the team until something tragic happens. Something that not only changes his football career, but that changes his life.
I loved Unstoppable. I thought it was a very interesting, unique, and inspiring story. Tim Green did a great job of making it seem like the regular everyday life of a middle schooler. I recommend this book to anyone who can handle a sad, depressing story, but not necessarily someone who loves football. It's a great choice for both non-sporty, and sporty people.

[Emily Gillett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unstoppable by Tim Green is about the power of hard work and never giving up no matter the circumstances, and reveals that those who believe truly can achieve anything they set their mind to. Tim Green captivates young audiences with his exciting plot twists and turns, leaving boys and girls alike yearning for more. Truly an inspiring story, Unstoppable gives readers the opportunity to walk in the shoes of a foster child, a new kid at school, a football player, a cancer patient and survivor. Harrison's journey teaches us to appreciate our blessings and to more than just accept our circumstances, but to overcome our hardships and use these obstacles as motivation to push harder. Readers of all ages will surely root for Harrison as he shows the world what it's like to never give up. Athletes and non-athletes, boys and girls, children and adults alike will laugh together and cry together as they delve into this beautiful story of courage, strength, and hope. To anyone looking for a novel about a boy who defies the odds, Unstoppable will change your view on just about everything.

[Brad · Rating 5 out of 5]

This summer I read "UNSTOPPABLE" by Tim Green. I chose this book because when I read the back of it It sounded really good. In this book the main character Harrison is a foster child adopted by a high school football coach and his wife Kelly. The setting of this book is mainly in Harrison's home town, and at the school football field, or his home. The conflict is that Harrison was a great football player when he was first adopted but he had some stomach pain and knee pain which ended up being cancer. But the real problem is learning how to run again because he has had his leg amputated from the Knee down. So Harrison's parents are just as upset as he is, but to help him learn again they call in a family friend who had lost in leg in the service. I think the main idea in this book is to help others in need because when Harrison was hurt he was receiving attention, help and care from every one. I liked this book because it wasn't hard to read and it was very good from beginning to end.

[Mary Lou · Rating 3 out of 5]

I gave this book a 3 star rating because it was not what I thought it was going to be about and their was not that much football in it like I wanted, they only had two games in the whole book. I would not recommend this book to people who are looking for a book about football. I don't want to recommend this book because it is sad and not very exciting and the book does not pull you in and make you want to read more. This book is about a boy who wants to play football, and he was a foster child who's dad abused him till he moved in with another family. The father in the new family was a football coach so he got to play on the team. But one day he woke up and his leg was hurting but he did not want to tell his dad because his dad might not let him play in his first game. In the end though he goes and tells his dad and they find something terrible. This book was not very exciting but it would be better for younger children.

[Jonathan Contreras]

This book is about a young boy name Harrison who is bounced around from foster home to foster home until he connects with a young family. Knowing Harrison has a past and not a nice one he develops impulses. His new family helps him work around his impulses and the most important of all, to instill his passion and love for football. This family is wealthy and ends up introducing Harrison to famous NFL players. This book is made engaging because it is put in 1st person point of view and because we see how Harrison progresses to be a excellent running back, using his size and speed. This author does a great job just really making us feel like we are in the story and imagining everything for ourselves! One thing I will say is that this book is for a certain audience, from boys 15-20 just because it is something we fantasize about, just being a school hero in our preferred sport, if you are into sports then this book is not for you.

[Koal Marshsll · Rating 4 out of 5]

Readers will love this book if they like football and perseverance. Harrison struggles at he beginning, with a terrible foster home. His fortunes start to change when he is taken in by an awesome family. What I liked about this books is that Harrison the main character, is strong and big for a thirteen year old and it is fun reading about him wrecking kids on the football field. What I did not like about this book was that the horrible thing that happened to Harrison, one of my closest friends had something similar happen to him. The setting in this book was awesome because it was mostly on a football field and I love football. There was so much irony in this book with Harrison because he went from terrible to great, and then great to terrible. I love this book and I recommend this book for people who enjoy football.

[Nicholas · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great book about coming back from a difficult time. we all have had a moment where are lives seemed to collapse. But we usually manage to comeback from this tough time, whatever it may be. This book is about the exact same thing. the story is about a young man named Harrison. He had came from a tough life. He had no father to start with, then his mom became a drug addict. he was then taken from his mother and put into foster care. He was taken in by a bad couple who lived on a farm that abused their kids. later when he was found after he was locked up in a empty silo because of his foster fathers death that he contributed to. he comes back from cancer and loses his right leg. this is a great book about football and comebacks from tough times.