gamechangers

__Game Changers__ by Mike Lupica ISBN: 978-0-545-38179-6 ©2012 207 pages

Good sections to read aloud: -pp. 7-9 when Ben makes a great play, but the coach isn’t even watching -pp. 52-53 after the team loses AGAIN

Summary: Our main character, Ben, is a lover of all sports, but in this book, it chronicles a season of football. He wants badly to be the starting quarterback of his team, but the coach’s son, Shawn, gets that job. Being the team player that he is, Ben sucks it up and plays whatever positions the coach wants him in, and does it well. Ben’s best friends are also part of this team. It frustrates them to watch Ben be friends with Shawn when Shawn doesn’t reciprocate that, or worse yet, insults Ben when he tries to pump him up. Shawn’s dad doesn’t see what everyone else does: that Ben should be quarterback, and that Shawn hates that position. It takes awhile, but finally things come full circle. This is a decent sports fiction book about being a team player and good friend.

YA Fiction—sports fiction; football; friendship

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