Football Hero

Football Genius #2

by Tim Green

Success comes with risk and a high price in this thrilling standalone football novel from New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica. Ever since Ty Lewis was orphaned and forced to stay with his legal guardian, Uncle Gus, he’s always wanted to prove how fast he is on a football field and be like his older brother, Thane "Tiger" Lewis, who's about to graduate from college—and is being courted by the NFL. But instead of playing football, he’s scrubbing bathrooms after school for his uncle’s cleaning service. Thane is the only bright spot in Ty’s life. And now Uncle Gus wants to use Ty to get to him and obtain valuable insider information for a local mob boss called “Lucy” and his gambling ring. Can Ty break free to save not only Thane’s football career, but his life?

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

297 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

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

[Lynn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Younger teen will probably like this but the characters were too one dimensional for me. The villians were totally hateful and the heros angelic. The sports scenes which usually carry me through other flaws weren't much either

[Nicholas Kimble · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone says that they will do anything to protect their family, but when you could get hurt and or killed trying to save them would you still do it?




In the book “Football Hero” by Tim Green the main character Ty Lewis lives with his aunt Virginia and uncle Gus ever since his parents died in a car wreck. Uncle Gus and aunt Virginia treat Ty horrible, they make him use a pillowcase as a backpack his clothes are old “hand-me-downs and for his twelfth birthday his Uncle Gus gave him a work permit so that he could work for his cleaning business.Uncle Gus takes Charlotte (uncle gus’ daughter) and Ty to clean a local mobsters bar that he makes bets with the mobster, nicknamed “Lucy soon finds out that Thane Lewis aka “Tiger Lewis” is Ty’s older brother. Thane is expected to be one the top picks of the draft if, not the first and Thane is supposed to be drafted by the jets. That information gains Lucy’s interest because when Thane is drafted he will have “the real” injury reports before the general public do, that is valuable information to the mobster because him and some dangerous people he knows in the mafia can place enormous bets on the game and make loads of money. Lucy tells Ty that he has fantasy football team so he wants to know who is injured or not. Ty knows that Lucy doesn’t have a fantasy football team and he just wants him to pump his brother Thane for information.Ty has no idea what to do because he doesn’t want bother his brother because he is so busy with the start of his NFL career and if Ty does tell he is worried that his relationship with uncle Gus will only get worse. Suddenly things take a turn for the worse. Thane had told Ty he wasn’t playing sunday because of his knee but Then decides that he is going to play but Lucy and the mafia had already placed a gigantic amount of money on the opposing team. So the question is what will happen to Thane and Ty now? Will Lucy try to injure Thane before the game or will Lucy come after Ty? Will Ty put himself in danger and try to protect Thane? You will have to read and find out.




This book constantly left me in suspense throughout the whole story. If you think you have to like sports to enjoy this book you are definitely wrong. Football Hero is a nail biting novel that will leave you on the edge of your seat all the way down to the very last page.
This is a great book for anyone because Tim Green does a great job of making it so that everyone can relate to some part of the story and if you like a heart pounding adventure full of twists and turns then this is the book for you!

[Ethan]

Kind of dark but an otherwise good book. Surprisingly, the characters and story are completely different from the first book, football genius. I first thought that I was reading the wrong book! I can't wait to see how the two books are connected.

[Trevor Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a very good book. It was a little boring at the start and the good part with all the action didn't come until about 50 pages from the end, but I loved it

[Trevor Flease · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trevor Flease
3rd Hour

The book football hero is about a boy who lost his parents. He had to go live with his aunt and uncle and becomes a football hero. Ty is one of the fastest kids in his class but doesn't realize it. The coach comes up to him and wants him to join the team. Uncle Gus doesn't want him to play because he has alot of chores for Ty and Gus is a big gambler. Ty then talks Gus in to letting him play and becomes a great football player. Ty helps the team win a high school championship and then goes on to play college football at the University of Syracuse. Ty takes after his younger brother Thame who is going to become an NFL superstar.

The book football hero is a good book for athletes. It shows how you can overcome challenges in your life and still be able to play sports. This is by far my favorite book that i have read.

[April · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am actually incredibly impressed with this book. My son and I read it together...he had a copy and I had a copy. He greatly dislikes reading so I thought this may get him more interested and it worked! He picked this out, as he has read several of Tim Green's books for school (and it was like pulling teeth to get him to read them) and he loves football. Each day, we would decide a chapter stopping point and then talk about what we read. We finished in 2 weeks, which is a huge accomplishment for him. Football Hero has a really great storyline and the characters were ones that I easily and quickly fell into. I loved Ty and his older brother, Thane, and completely detested Uncle Gus. The chapters are short which is a really big selling point because they are not intimidating and when I finished a chapter, I had to read on to see what happened next. There are several twists and turns, an underlying mob connection, and some football action to keep fans hanging on as they race through pages to see what happens next. Football Hero is a tale of family and morals as well as hard work and perseverance. I loved it and look forward to reading more by this author, along with my son!

[Deacon Tom (Feeling Better) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun Filled

4 1/2 Stars

This is a really good book that is full of life lessons for the target audience--young adults.

Full of action from the very beginning and very well written.

[Jaden Onaca · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was very inspirational to me. It showed me how to have confidence in myself even when you are in the toughest positions. This book makes you nervous, and it a lot of fun to read. I reccomend this book to all people who are into sports.

[Sue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Surprisingly (which sounds bad, except I'm really not a huge fan of football stories), I really enjoyed this book. Okay, Ty's homelife with his aunt and uncle was a little contrived and fairly reminiscent of Harry Potter, but the situation he finds himself in is all too realistic.

Football Hero tells the story of a 12 year old boy named Ty who, due to the death of his parents, is living with his uncaring aunt and uncle. In the meantime, his older brother is going through the NFL draft pick. Their uncle, a habitual but not particularly good gambler, decides to turn his nephew's stardom to his advantage by forcing Ty to get inside information on injuries and feed them to his mob contacts. This draws the attention of the FBI, endangering Ty, his family, and his brother's career.

Not a bad story, all in all. A little to neatly resolved, but still good.

Recommended to boys 9-14, or to girls who are big football fans.

[Karen Arendt · Rating 4 out of 5]

My sister went to high school with this author1 I was a freshman when he was a senior so I never met him, but he was the BMOC (big man on campus!).

I did not think I would like this book, but about halfway through, I started liking it. I picked it up because it was in our school's book fair and the boys seemed interested in it. So, naturally, I needed to keep up with the kids. I thought there was some unnecessarily gross stuff in the beginning, but when the story started picking up, the grossness stopped. I think boys would really enjoy this book if they like football or not. I would keep it in 5th grade, though.... the mob is not very nice and neither is the uncle.

[Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great book! I read it for my classroom library, but I can't wait to tell my students about it! It was full of a lot of great life lessons as well as just a good story. Ty is torn between doing what is right and wrong. He is being pressured to get inside information for his uncle from his NFL playing brother. His uncle is using the information for an underground gambling deal he is in. Once Ty realizes what is going on, he finds that he has a lot of other problems then just cleaning the toilets at his after school job. All this is happening while he is learning to play football himself!

[Kevind]

Forced to work with his Uncle Gus and put his dreams of football stardom on hold, Ty worries about his Uncle Gus's involvement in a Mafia-connected gambling ring that, if made public, will affect him, his entire family, and the career of his older brother who was recently drafted into the NFL. Ty is this ordinary, poor, scrawny kid who gets invited to play football. He's super-fast and has great hands. Uncle Gus has other plans for Ty's hands--he has Ty join his cleaning business and Ty gets bathroom duty . When Lucy takes an interest in Ty and the information Ty has access to, Ty is able to bargain for the opportunity to play but gets mixed up in more than he ever imagined.

Ty is only kid I can think of who actually measures up to his older sibling. Most titles with this story line are about discovering how special they are in spite of a successful sibling, but with these two, football is in their genes. Even though I'm not the world's biggest football fan, I enjoyed Ty's successes and felt empathy for his troubles.

Even though this is a football book there are many other things that go on. Yes, there are games and practices and football jargon, but there's also the story line with Lucy, Thane's entrance into the world of celebrity as a starter for an NFL team, and the two brothers are still coping with the loss of their parents.

Overall this is an enjoyable read and the next time I get asked about a good book for middle grade, I'll lead the parent to the Tim Green books. ( )

[Brayden Byars · Rating 5 out of 5]

Football Hero is about aboy named Ty.Ty's brother happens to be a star college athelete at Syracuse and is entering the NFL draft.Ty wants to spend more time with his brother and play football but his uncle's family cleaning service gets in the way.One of their clients bribes his uncle to let Ty to play and see his brother for gambling reasons.Ty thought it was small at first but, realizes there is mafia relying on this.Now Ty needs to stop this without ending his brothers career.

I enjoyed this book because it kept me in suspense.It also has action other than football.I liked how it linked things together.I also like how it started and ended with football.

[Flynn K. · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book Football Hero by Tim Green falls into the genre of sports. This book was about a boy named Ty Lewis who loved the game of football. He would do anything to play on his school's team after school but he had to head home for chores. Eventually the coach recruits him and Ty ends up playing on the team, Ty's older brother Thane is very good and is heading to the NFL. Ty feels like he has to be that good so he works very hard. Will everything go Ty's way in the end?

I thought this book was decent. I think of it like that because it was very cheesy and some times didn't make much sense. But some reason I liked this book were because the main character was my age. That made it easier to read because I know what it's like to have to miss a practice or game. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes sports books.

[Cobe boulter · Rating 3 out of 5]

it is a good movie and it is not like the others and it is not all like football player an they have more of a porpes of the book i like this book becouas ee it makes more since and i like how they wrote it

[Christopher]

I had like this book. It was pretty intresting because the main character in this series is usualy Troy, but the main character was a boy named Ty. By the way I wan't to write about the book, but it would be a spoiler. Overall, this book was pretty intresting.

[Brianna Spicer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Football Hero by Tim Green is sports fiction was published in 2008. I think this book was OK because some parts were interesting while others are boring. One main character is Ty who is a 12 year old boy who is a new kid at school. Another character is uncle Gus who does not want Ty to play football. The main conflict of this book is that Ty is a new kid and he decides to do football and people are making fun of him. The setting is the school and at his uncle's and aunt's house. I learned to never give up or care what people think and do your best no matter what. The story was confusing. I don't recommend this book because there is not a lot of action.

[Jack · Rating 5 out of 5]

Personal Review
I really liked the book Football Hero by Tim Green.The book does a good job of developing Ty's character by showing how he matures. I really like the struggle Ty goes through in his daily life, and how he gets rewarded at the end. I did think some parts of the book were a little unrealistic, like how a 6th grade football coach would get fired if he didn't beat their "arch" rival. Overall, I really enjoyed this book and Tim Green's style of writing.
Plot Summary
The book starts with Ty being miserable living with his Uncle Gus and Aunt Virginia. He goes to school and is considered a nerd and gets picked on everyday. One day after school, the football coach comes up to him and asks him to try out for the team and he does. When he gets home late his "parents" are really mad because they wanted him to work at his uncle's cleaning service that day. Ty, his sister Charlotte, and Gus clean Lucy's bar a lot. Lucy is involved in a mob and asks Ty to get information about players from his brother Thane, who plays for the Jets. Ty gets the information, but Lucy and Gus get caught betting illegally, and secret service agents track down Thane and Ty to interrogate them. They all team up to take down the mob when Gus tells them that Thane is hurt when he is really not, and they bet all of the money against the Jets. The mob gets taken down and Gus and his family have to go into witness protection, and Ty chooses to live with his brother.
Characterization
Ty started off in the book as a nerd, who hated his life and living with Gus and Charlotte. As the book goes on, he becomes closer with Thane, and Thane even teaches him to be a wide receiver. Ty finally beats the mean kid on his team that is always picking on him, and catches the game winning touchdown pass against their rival. Ty also helps Thane get out of the mess with the mob, and keeps his career going.
Recommendation
I would recommend this book to a lot of people. First, I would recommend this book to any football fan. I think it would be good for them because the book gives insight on how an NFL locker room actually works, which is something you don't get to see by being a casual fan. I would also recommend this book to kids my age. I would do this because Ty's life is really rough and he still has a positive attitude, so it helps kids my age not take what they have for granted.

[Turner Myers]

The book was great some boring parts but the ending was amazing. It all took place in New York and there was Ty a little guy with glasses and has blazing speed. His brother Thane “Tiger” Lewis is a wide receiver Syracuse and is entering the NFL draft. He was drafted to his hometown team the New York Jets. Their mom and dad were killed in a car crash when Thane was in college. Ty went to go live with his uncle Gus and Aunt Virginia and his cousin Charlotte. Ty really wants to be like his brother Thane and play wide receiver. So he signs up to play on the schools 7th grade team. In the spring scrimmage Ty really shines when the Quarterback throws a deep ball in the end zone and Ty hits a gear of speed no one else has and dives and makes the grab. Ty had to stop for a while because of his job with his uncle’s family business, cleaning toilets at a restaurant. Eventually Ty did come back in time for the start of the season. In the first game Ty played great caught two long bomb touchdown passes. Coach V the head football coach for the 7th grade team was hired fours was hired four years ago was hired to do one thing beat their rival Brookfield. He has five years to beat them he hasn’t yet so this is his final year. Uncle Gus saw an opportunity to win some money by gambling. When Ty went to go visit Thane on Friday to get the injury report form Thane and tell Uncle Gus so he could go tell the group he was a part of. When Thane didn’t play the group betted on the Dolphins and they hit the jack pot. The FBI found out because they were they only people in New York to go all in on the Dolphins. Uncle Gus choices were either spend 4 years in jail or either tell the FBI who is the leader of the group so they can take him down. He chose to tell and when the group found out they planned to get payback by going to a charity event Thane was at and they we going to take a crowbar and break his leg. Luckily Ty heard about this and he and the FBI agent that was with him went to go save Thane from a massive injury. They got there at the same time as the hit man and he and Ty were in a race to get to Thane. Thane saw him and pushed him out of the way and the FBI arrested him. When they got it all sorted out Ty remembered that he had a game today (the game where his coach’s job was on the line). They showed up with about half of the 4th quarter was gone and Ty’s team was losing down by 14. Ty came over to coach and went into the game it was 3rd down 10 yards to go Ty goes deep and burns the corner and the safety for a touchdown. They go for the onside kick ad recover the so they get the ball right back Ty runs the out route and snags it before he goes out of bounds. With 1minute left no timeouts Ty runs another out and gets the first down. 45 seconds left Ty runs a slant route and holds on to the ball despite the bone jarring hit. 30 seconds left. The quarterback gets hit fumbles but they keep the ball 12 seconds left after the fumble. Ty runs the deep route this time 3 guys on him everyone knew who was getting the ball. The QB dropped back threw the long bomb and Ty still got behind the two guys that where up on the ball with him then the QB threw the ball between the safety and the two guys that where behind him and caught it for the touchdown his team went for two and it was another pass to Ty the pass was tipped and bounced off another shoulder pad and Ty keep his eye on the ball and caught it for the game winning 2 point conversion. When they got home they saw Uncle Gus Aunt Virginia and hi Cousin Charlotte with all of their belongings witch meant that they had to go live somewhere else because of the situation with the gambling group. Thane offered Ty to go live with him witch he did accept and Ty asked Charlotte but she went to go live with her mom and dad. Ty went on to go live with Thane.

[David Colley]

This book shows what happens on and off the field for Ty Lewis. Ty is a high school football player with a brother just drafted by the New York Jets. Ty's Uncle houses Ty and uses him as a cleaner for his business, and collect information for Jets news and a mobster's money.

[Matt L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is worth two books. Football hero
By: Tim Green
To me this book was a great book because of the way the author put the book it made me think of me a little bit because of Ty the main character. In the book TY is amazing at football but people think he is bad because he is so skinny. I can relate to that because a lot of people think I can’t throw. But what they don’t know is that I can throw harder than them. So Ty is disappointed because of how people treat him so he goes to the football tryouts and ends up being the best wide receiver. I can also relate to that because I really can throw harder than other people but I’m not the best. In football hero Ty’s uncle cleans bars for a living and Ty has to help with his cousin Ashley.One day while Ty and Ashley are cleaning Ashley cuts her hand with a knife when she was washing the dishes. Then Ty’s uncle lost a bet and couldn’t pay it off so instead of paying the money Ty’s uncle said to the man at the bar that Ty had to go see his older brother the amazing tiger (his nick name) at the NFL draft. Then Ty’s uncle reviles something Ty didn’t know about the guy at the bar but to find out the rest you have to read the book.

[Jennifer Wardrip · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.com

Ty Lewis' parents have died in an accident, so he has gone to live with his dad's sister, Aunt Virginia, and Uncle Gus. Ty's older brother is Thane (aka Tiger) Lewis, a hopeful NFL first-round draft pick from Syracuse University. Thane and Ty are close, but because Thane is finishing up his college degree, Ty is forced to remain with his aunt and uncle.

Living with his aunt and uncle is horrible. Ty remembers the loving home he came from, and misses his parents terribly. His relatives make him sleep on a stained mattress on the floor in the laundry room. His uncle has scavenged an old Porta Potti that he forces Ty to use instead of the indoor plumbing. And now it's his twelfth birthday. Ty doesn't expect anything exciting, and it's even worse than he thought possible. His uncle presents him with a work permit allowing Ty to work for the family cleaning business. So while Ty and his cousin, Charlotte, spend their evenings after school scrubbing toilets and floors, his uncle sits back and drinks beer and socializes.

Ty has two shining spots in his life: his brother, Thane, and the chance to play on his middle school football team. Ty is fast and has sure hands. Coach V has great plans for Ty for the upcoming season. But his Uncle Gus does everything he can to keep Ty from playing football and away from his brother.

Then, Thane gets his draft pick and is worth millions. Uncle Gus enters into illegal gambling with the mafia, and Ty and Thane are the unwitting pawns. With the intervention of the FBI, Ty may come out better or worse than he started. But you have to read the story to see how the plot twists and turns.

I admit that I have never heard of Mr. Green before reading this story. Mostly because I will be honest and say I am not a fan of football. I go out of my way to avoid any game that may be on TV. But Mr. Green's story sounded exciting and thrilling. The story moved fast and had plots outside of football to interest those beyond the sports fans. This book will easily have appeal to boys ages 10 to 100. The reader will be satisfied to see the underdog does come out on top in the end!

[Josh]

A Review of Football Hero by Tim Green
What would you do if you were going to have to save your brother from getting badly hurt? Well, this is just one crazy thing that happens to Ty Lewis in the novel Football Hero by Tim Green. Ty Lewis is living with his Uncle Gus, Aunt Virginia, and cousin Charlotte because of his parent's death and his brother getting ready for football season. Although Ty's brother is on the New York Jets, his life isn't too great. If readers of this book understand football then they will love this book.
A very intriguing aspect of this book is how I can relate to Ty. Ty's personality which is fun and relaxed, his hobby and love which is football, and many other things about him are some things that I can relate too. But the things that happen to Ty like getting involved with the mob because of his Uncle Gus, isn't very common and I can't relate to that. But Ty loves football and is great at it too. He even forces his Uncle to bring him to football practice even though his Uncle hates the idea of Ty playing football. Ty also loves his brother and they hang out every Friday night.
This book also had a surprising aspect and a couple of things that would make you eager to read. Ty being involved with the mob was a very surprising aspect to me. Most twelve year olds aren't involved with the mob. Uncle Gus later gives inaccurate information to Lucy who is an important part of the mob and makes him bet a lot of money on a team who is most likely going to lose but when Lucy finds out he wants to hurt Thane who is Ty's older brother. This is when Ty heroically pushes a man named Lucy down an escalator when Lucy is about to hurt Ty's brother. But this doesn't happen without Ty looking everywhere throughout the mall where Thane is and they finally find Lucy after looking for a long time. When Ty catches a game winning pass against his school's rival, this also made me want to read on.
The book Football Hero was a very good book. Although some things that happened to Ty in this book were very unrealistic, Ty's personality and character traits which I could relate too were great.

[Josh M · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book that I am going to tell you about is called Football Hero by Tim Green.

The first thing that I am going to tell you about is my favorite character and why. my favorite character in the book is Tyler. The reason that I like Tyler is because one he is the main character of the book and two he is a boy who looks up to his soon to be NFL player Thane. That is why I like him the best.

The second thing that I am going to tell you about is my favorite part of the book. My favorite or my 2 favorite parts in the story is 1st when Thane takes Tyler to the NFL DRAFT where Thane hopes he gets drafted first by the Jets. So my favorite part is when they go theyget to stay in this luxery hotel in New York and they get a hot tub and every thing in there room. That is the cool part of the book. The second part that I like is when they get up and go to the draft and Thane gets first roung picked by the Jets, just what he wanted.

The third thing that I want to share is the sad part of the book. The sad part of the book is when the coach of Tyler asks him if he wants to try out for the football team, because he is one of the fastes people in the school so Tyler says yes. But when the tryouts are over he gos home and is not so happy then, because his aunt is waiting at the house steaming, because he is not home early on his birthday. Then when he walks in the house she that his uncle has a suprise for him. When his uncle gets home he takes Tyler to see his gift and it turns out that he has a job and it is scrubbing toilets and cleaning bathrooms at a junk yard bar! That just made me sad for Tyler on that part.

Finally, I hoped you enjoyed my book review and hope that you read it and like it.

[Colton Hutchison]

This book is about a kid, Ty, whose lived with his aunt and uncles after his parents death. He also has a brother, Thane. Thane, or Tiger, the star rookie wide receiver for the New York Jets. Ty gets caught up with the mob after Ty's uncle drags him into it.

I liked the characters in this book. I liked how all of the characters could be real. I think the conflict of this book was cool. When you think about an NFL rookie, you usually don't think about the mob. The author of this book liked to keep you guessing and surprise you. I think almost everything thing about this book was cool from the conflict to the resolution.

This book kind of reminds me of slavery because Ty's uncle makes him work for him and his cleaning service. Ty has to clean store bathrooms from the time he's done with school until midnight. He also doesn't get paid or rewarded for anything he does. At the beginning of the book Ty wasn't even allowed to play football because he had to work. There's not much else this book reminds me of because it's very original.

Overall, I think is one of the best sports books I've ever read. Like I said, this book is original in many ways. Anyone who likes reading sports books would like this book. I would recommend this to anyone who's read any of Tim Green's other books, Dan Gutman's books, or Mike Lupica's books. This is one of the few books I've stayed up all night reading.

[Brandon Dittmann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Football Hero
Green, Tim



Personal Response
I really liked this book for many reasons. One reason I liked it was because it was about football. Another reason I liked it was because it had many exciting parts. One thing I didn’t like about the book was it jumps around a lot. Overall it was a really good book.

Plot Summary
When Ty and Thane were young their parents died in a car crash. Thane was old enough to live on his own. He moved to college for football. While Thane went to college for football, Ty went to live with his aunt and uncle. After then graduated from college he was drafted by the NFL Giants. Ty´s uncle Gus bet on the NFL football games for money. Uncle Gus wanted money to start a bar for Thane and to make a lot of money off of Thane. Thane did not know what was going on because uncle Gus never told him about the bar. uncle Gus had mentioned the bar to Thane before and Thane did not like the idea so he disapproved of bar idea. The FBI figured out that Gus was betting on the NFL football games and they went after Gus. Thane’s agent got Gus out of trouble. At the end of the book Ty’s football coach was gonna get fired if he didn't win that football game. Ty showed up for the game and won the for the football team.

Recommendations
I recommend this book to those who like football. I recommend this book to early teens. Also to those who like adventurous and outgoing books. It is a fun and outrageous book.

[Karen Simental · Rating 3 out of 5]

Football Hero is a pretty interesting story. I never saw myself reading it since its about football and mostly for guys, but hey it actually is pretty cool. Its about this boy named Ty. His parents died when he was a little boy, so now he's stuck living with his uncle Gus in an old beat down little trailer. Ty's dream has always been to play football and when Coach V recruits him for the football team, he cant believe it. Its his big chance to show how fast he is and that someday he'll be like his older brother Thane "Tiger" Lewis. Tiger is about to graduate college and is being courted by the NFL.
A problem is though, that Uncle Gus wont let Ty play. Uncle Gus needs Ty to scrub floors and toilets for his cleansing business while he cooks up gambling schemes with the local mob boss, a man called "Lucy." When Lucy hears how famous Ty's older brother is, he becomes suddenly friendly. Lucy wants to ruin Tigers football career and Ty must come up with a plane to save Thane's football career and ultimately, his life.
I would certainly recommend this book, especially to all the guys who love football. Its a very interesting story that will never get you bored through all the challenges Ty must go through. It will have you on the edge of your seat rooting for Ty.

[Sal Rodriguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

When Ty gets dumped on his aunt and uncle his whole life will be change. Ty Lewis is related to Thane "Tiger" Lewis who is a well known football player out the University of Syracuse. He is predicted to be drafted in the NFL draft in the 1st round. This will cause some major probles throughout the story.

Ty works for his uncles cleaning company with his cousin while uncle Gus just sits around. After one of the owners of one of their stops tells uncle Gus that Ty could play football after uncle Gus says Ty cant. Soon Ty hops to the top of his team showing that he has what it takes. Ty gets treated unfair by kids at school and back home because of his aunt and uncle. Thane on the other hand wants the best for his brother.

This story has some major twists and will keep you reading till the very end. It's a great book about family and is one brother willing to do to help the younger brother in need.

Tim Green is a great author. He really draws you into the story and makes you feel like you are with Ty throughout the whole story. I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a good family book with twists and thrills.

By: Sal Rodriguez

[Johnathan Mendoza · Rating 4 out of 5]

I personally think this was a good book. The story is about a boy named Ty Lewis who has recently moved with his uncle, aunt, and cousin because his parents didn't make it when they were in a horrible car accident. He has an older brother named Thane. Since high school Thane has been a very good at football and got signed with the Jets. Thane is Ty’s role model and wants to become a football player like his brother. Ty isn't the most popular kid and lives in a pretty poor house but after he starts hanging out with his brother things change. Thane cares about Ty a lot and always wants the best for him. The story gets interesting when his uncle gets into problems with the mafia about money and bets on football games and end up getting the FBI, Thane and Ty involved without knowing it. I gave this book for stars because It was an interesting story about a brother bond and strong care after the accident with their parents. This is a good book for sports fans and people who like sports books. This is overall a great book and i enjoyed reading it.

[Jonathan Da-silva · Rating 5 out of 5]

Football Hero is about a 12 year old boy named Ty,who lives with his aunt and uncle ever since his parents died in a tragic car crash. Ty also has a brother who is leaving college and going into the NFL. When Ty tries out for the school football team,to follow in his brothers footsteps,and is placed as starting wide receiver. He will have to try as hard as he can to catch all the balls that are thrown at him in the games,and become the football hero!

This book was amazing! I like the way in the book,the used adjectives to make it feel alive from the book. It almost seemed like a movie that I have watched before! This book is an outstanding football related book that I would recommend to everyone who loves and plays football. There must be another book for the series, Tim Green is an amazing author,who was actually a defensive linemen for the Atlanta Falcons. So if your looking for a great and outstanding sports book,football hero is the book.