Rocket Arm
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#1 New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green is back with an action-packed novel about a football player with big dreams whose life changes forever when he attends an athletic boarding school. Now available in paperback!
Zeno Dubois might be young, but he has a remarkable ability. He's a quarterback with a "rocket arm"-he's able to throw a football for incredible distances.
His dad wants Zeno to succeed, no matter what, so when a coach comes to recruit Zeno to an athletic boarding school, his dad immediately signs Zeno up.
The school is intense, but Zeno quickly bonds with one of his coaches, Coach Lamb. However, when Zeno tells a reporter that Coach Lamb uses unusual healing methods, he finds himself at the center of a media storm. While trying to keep a low profile, Zeno stumbles across a mystery and starts to go out nightly to uncover the truth. With his energy down and the media circling, will Zeno be able to perform in the biggest game of the season?
- Middle Grade Football Book: Zeno has a rocket arm, but at an elite sports academy, talent isn't enough. He'll have to navigate intense rivalries, demanding coaches, and the pressure of the national spotlight.
- Friendship and Teamwork: With his gassy but fiercely loyal roommate Archie at his back, Zeno learns that the toughest challenges aren't faced alone, on or off the field.
- High-Stakes Drama: When an injury threatens his season, Zeno accepts help from a coach with unusual healing techniques?sparking a media firestorm that questions everything.
- A Powerful Coming of Age Story: More than just a game, this is a story about finding your own voice, standing up for what's right, and learning what it truly means to be a leader.
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Tim Green, for many years a star defensive end with the Atlanta Falcons, is a man of many talents. He's the author of such gripping books for adults as the New York Times bestselling The Dark Side of the Game and American Outrage. Tim graduated covaledictorian from Syracuse University and was a first-round draft pick. He later earned his law degree with honors, and he has also worked as an NFL commentator for FOX Sports and NPR.
His first book for young readers, Football Genius, inspired in part by his players and his own kids, became a New York Times bestseller and was followed by Football Hero, Football Champ, The Big Time, and Deep Zone. He drew on his experiences playing and coaching Little League for Rivals and Pinch Hit and two more New York Times bestsellers: Baseball Great and Best of the Best.
Bestselling author Jon Scieszka called Tim Green's Unstoppable, a book about a boy's struggle with cancer that debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, "Absolutely heroic. And something every guy should read.?
Tim Green lives with his wife, Illyssa, and their five children in upstate New York.
