Bibliograph

Backfield boys, A Football Mystery in Black and White., John Feinstein

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Backfield boys, A Football Mystery in Black and White., John Feinstein

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

840, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Backfield boys

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dictionaries

resource.readingGradeLevel

Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5

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John Feinstein

Sub title

A Football Mystery in Black and White.

Summary

In Backfield Boys, renowned sports journalist and New York Times–bestselling author John Feinstein tells a thrilling story of friendship, football, and a fight for justice.Freshman footballers Jason Roddin and Tom Jefferson are a perfect pair: Jason is a blazing-fast wide-receiver, while his best friend Tom has all the skills a standout quarterback needs. After summer football camp at an elite sports-focused boarding school, the boys are thrilled to be invited back with full-ride scholarships. But on day one of practice, they're shocked when the team's coaching staff makes Tom, a black kid, a receiver and Jason, a white kid, a quarterback. Confronted with mounting evidence of deep-seated racial bias, the boys speak out, risking their scholarships and chances to play. As tensions ratchet up with coaches and other players, Tom and Jason must decide how much they're willing to lose in a conflict with powerful forces that has nothing—and everything—to do with the game they love

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