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Twelve-year-old Troy's uncanny gift for predicting football plays proves a powerful secret weapon for the Atlanta Falcons, but a seedy reporter with a vendetta suspects something is going on and sets out to shred the reputations of Troy and star linebacker Seth Halloway.Tags
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(2009) (SPORTS)
At age twelve Troy White is a middle school quarterback and football genius – he can predict offensive plays by watching the formations, and has been secretly hired by the Atlanta Falcons to do just that. A cunning newspaper reporter is out to ruin his little secret, as well as destroy his middle school football team’s chances at a state title.
Football Champ is a somewhat far-fetched tale, but one that is fun to read. Younger teens will understand Troy’s naïve desire for fairness, believing that the truth will clear the record. “But we’re not cheating. Why can’t we just tell Peele it’s me?... That there’s a pattern…” “No, I’m sorry, Troy. People will twist this around … Especially someone like show more Peele.” Even non-athlete readers should enjoy the sports writing, as well as the action and suspense that build to the very end of the book. show less
At age twelve Troy White is a middle school quarterback and football genius – he can predict offensive plays by watching the formations, and has been secretly hired by the Atlanta Falcons to do just that. A cunning newspaper reporter is out to ruin his little secret, as well as destroy his middle school football team’s chances at a state title.
Football Champ is a somewhat far-fetched tale, but one that is fun to read. Younger teens will understand Troy’s naïve desire for fairness, believing that the truth will clear the record. “But we’re not cheating. Why can’t we just tell Peele it’s me?... That there’s a pattern…” “No, I’m sorry, Troy. People will twist this around … Especially someone like show more Peele.” Even non-athlete readers should enjoy the sports writing, as well as the action and suspense that build to the very end of the book. show less
If you like football and twists you'll like this book. A boy being able to read plays without machines. I was not disappointed because thie book was very good. AHS/TM
It was exciting to know what was going to happen next.
If you like football you would like this book.It's a very good book by Tim green a former NFL player. He was a MLB for the Falcons.
Boys really enjoy reading this book. Football Champ stays checked out every week. Great book!
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Timothy Green was born in Liverpool, New York on December 16, 1963. He received a degree in English from Syracuse University in 1986. He was the Atlanta Falcons' first-round draft pick in 1986 and played for them through 1993. In 2002, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He graduated from Syracuse University College of Law in show more 1994 and began writing books for adults including The Dark Side of the Game, False Convictions, and A Man and His Mother: An Adopted Son's Search. He also writes children's books including Football Genius, Baseball Great, The Big Time, and Unstoppable. He has served as a commentator for the NFL on Fox. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Troy White; Seth Halloway
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- Kids, Tween, Fiction and Literature
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- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PZ7 .G826357 .F — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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