The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis is a 2007 Alex Award Winner.
If you've read this book, please leave a comment with your review of it and whether you think other readers are likely to find it engaging (do you think they’d be eager to finish it and perhaps start reading another book when they are done). If you recommend the book, please also state any themes or topics that would be good for discussion. Thanks.
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Here are comments from 3 committee members from last year:
(1) This book is about a young troubled boy who is very good at football and has challenges getting into college football. It is a lot about football and would most likely be unappealing to anyone not interested in football. Discussion topics include family, learning disabilities, perseverance and football. The student is really the vehicle to expose problems in high school and college football which makes this more of a football expose than a story about a wealthy family adopting a troubled child and helping him.
(2)I find the historical review of shifts in the way (pro) football is played an intriguing subject, and suspect many fans of football will appreciate that. This book raises some questions about class, race, tokenism, ostensible “good works” of outreach that have ulterior motivations. However, I did not find myself engaged in the book and sometimes lost interest, but perhaps that’s just me.
(3)A good read, engaging and fast paced. Several social issues addressed that would be good discussion points. The setting of college sports would be likely to engage college age readers. I would rank this book very highly.
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