| The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game Contributor(s): Lewis, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 039306123X ISBN-13: 9780393061239 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: The bestselling author of "Coach, Moneyball" and "Liar's Poker" delivers a multidimensional story that traces the upbringing of a young boy through to young adulthood, all through the lens of sports and his community of support. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Football |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006023509 |
| Lexile Measure: 980 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.38" W x 9.54" (1.24 lbs) 304 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 114311 Reading Level: 7.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 19.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school such as, say, how to read or write. Nor has he ever touched a football. What changes? He takes up football, and school, after a rich, Evangelical, Republican family plucks him from the mean streets. Their love is the first great force that alters the world's perception of the boy, whom they adopt. The second force is the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist turns out to be the priceless combination of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability: his blind side. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lewis, Michael: - Michael Lewis is the best-selling author of Liar's Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side, The Big Short, and The Undoing Project. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and three children. |