Bo Jackson: Playing the Games

Scholastic Biography

by Ellen Emerson White

Traces the baseball and football player's career from his boyhood in Alabama, through his years as a schoolboy and college star, and his decision to try a career in both sports, to his present remarkable position

Genres: Sports

8 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1990

About the author

This talented writer attended Tufts University (and published her first book, Friends for Life, while a senior there) and currently lives in New York City. Ms. White grew up in Narragansett, Rhode Island. Many of her novels feature characters who reside in or around Boston and are fans of the Boston Red Sox (as is Ms. White). In addition to novels, Ms. White has published several biographies. She also writes under the pseudonym Zack Emerson (taking the name Zack from the name of her shepherd dog) and under the pseudonym Nicholas Edwards (Santa Paws series).

Reviews

[Alex Black]

This was fine, if you're interested in Bo Jackson at the beginning of his career. I liked learning more about an athlete I knew next to nothing about, but I was obviously not the target audience for this book. It is honestly sad reading this after the fact because there was so much speculation on what Jackson was going to do with the rest of his career, only he had a career ending injury a year after this was published.

I've read a few of these biographies and I leave them all unrated because they're not meant for me. I read them out of curiosity more than anything else.

[Dominic Maxwell]

Overall this is a great book it talks about what I think is one of the greatest athletes of all time.