Dinged
A Game Changer Companion Novel
Will be published approx. on 24. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-4197-5516-3 (ISBN)
Description
In the gripping companion to Tommy Greenwald's award-winning novel Game Changer, a star football player watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very same sport-now in paperback
Caleb Springer is the up-and-coming star freshman quarterback on the high school football team, which isn't a surprise considering his dad, Sammy Springer, was an NFL superstar and is now the town celebrity. College scouts are already snooping around Caleb and his future seems set.
But just as Caleb's glory days begin, his dad starts to change. He's forgetting things and getting angry at random times. Caleb is forced to confront a bleak possibility: The sport that gives him so much status and self-worth might be the cause of his dad's strange behavior. Will Caleb keep playing the sport of his dreams, even if he knows how dangerous it can be?
Caleb Springer is the up-and-coming star freshman quarterback on the high school football team, which isn't a surprise considering his dad, Sammy Springer, was an NFL superstar and is now the town celebrity. College scouts are already snooping around Caleb and his future seems set.
But just as Caleb's glory days begin, his dad starts to change. He's forgetting things and getting angry at random times. Caleb is forced to confront a bleak possibility: The sport that gives him so much status and self-worth might be the cause of his dad's strange behavior. Will Caleb keep playing the sport of his dreams, even if he knows how dangerous it can be?
Reviews / Votes
"The author folds frightening scenes with an injured teammate and another ex-NFL player into the story as he takes his confused protagonist through the championship game to a decision that may be smart even if just possibly too late... A cogent cautionary tale." * Kirkus Reviews *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Abrams
Target group
Young adult
Reading Age: From 10 to 14 years, Interest Age: From 10 to 14 years
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4197-5516-3 (9781419755163)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Tommy Greenwald's Game Changer is on nineteen state lists, was an Amazon Best Book of the Month, a YALSA Top Ten pick, and a Junior Library Guild Premier Selection. Greenwald is also the author of the Crimebiters! and Charlie Joe Jackson series, among many other books for children. In his day-job, he is the cofounder of Spotco Advertising, a theatrical and entertainment advertising agency in New York City, and the lyricist and co-bookwriter (with Andrew Lippa) of John & Jen, an off-Broadway musical that has been produced around the country and internationally. To read woefully outdated information about Greenwald, visit tommygreenwald.com. He lives in Connecticut.