Twelve-year-old Ty is devastated when his uncle Gus tells him he has to spend afternoons scrubbing toilets for the family's cleaning service instead of playing on the football team. But when Ty's older brother, Thane, is selected in the NFL draft, the local mob boss takes an interest. He persuades Gus into letting Ty play football in exchange for insider information about Thane's team. All Ty wanted was a chance to succeed like his brother. Now the brothers are caught in the middle of a Mafia betting scheme, and their futures are in jeopardy.
Football Hero
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ISBN: 9780061122750 JLG Level: SM : Sports Middle (Grades 5–8) Publisher: Harpercollins Page Count: 304 Trim Size: 6" x 9" Dewey Classification: F Accelerated Reader: Level: 5.1, Points: 9 Scholastic Reading Counts: Level: 5.5, Points: 15 Lexile: Level: 840L Awards & Honors: IRA Young Adult Choices for 2010 Genre: Realistic fiction. For additional book information, you must be a JLG Member.
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