football+hero

=__Football Hero__= This was the best book i have ever read because it had outstanding details. Besides that It also had action and it wasn't just about football. Also the most important part was that i learned many things from the book that i didn't know.


 * Author: Tim Green**
 * Genre: Realistic Fiction**
 * Setting: At school and it's present time**
 * Main Characters**: Ty and his family

**Summary of the Plot**

__Football Hero__ is a story about a kid named Ty Lewis .He had a normal life before the unthinkable happened.His parents got in to a car accident and died.It was like his whole world went upside down.New home,school and life style.While his brother Thane was starting his NFL career.On the other hand Ty had to live with his uncaring cranky Uncle Gus.Who made him clean toilets after school.During his time at school Ty had to deal with bullies and finding his place on his schools football team.

Ty couldn't believe that Coach V recruited him on the football team.This was his chance to show everyone how fast he was on the football field.This could get him a nicer and better start at his new school he thought.There was only one issue and that was Uncle Gus.He didn't let Ty play on the football team because he wanted him to clean toilets and floors after school while his uncle Gus would be gambling with Lucy the local mob boss.After his brother Thane signed with the NFL Ty's life once again went upside down.Since being the brother of the famous NFL player Ty was thrown in the spotlight and he was also treated differently all of a sudden. Soon Uncle Gus gets series with Lucy about gambling and she is connected with some unfriendly men in the Mafia,but if he put bits on and win it would be a lot of cash coming his way. If he looses the bit it wasn't going to be friendly.This was a risk Uncle Gus was going to take. After some time Uncle Gus and Lucy comes up with an idea to make Ty get information from his brother Thane and his team about any injuries or troubles the team is having. So Uncle Gus and Lucy could place large bits before any one else would find out who's playing or if there's any in juries on Thanes team or not .This way they would make more money.

The Climax of the book was when Ty was trying to come up with a plan to save Thane's career and his own life with Uncle Gus.So he decided to lie about one of Thanes teammate being injured to his Uncle Gus and Lucy.He thought he was going to make the situation better but instead he made it worse.In other words making Uncle Gus and his family going into hiding.Uncle Gus had gambling issues as you can see.So as he made Ty tell him what his brother told him of the people on his team Ty lied to Uncle Gus.Unknowingly Ty found out that his Uncle Gus put a high bit on the next game and he also told the Mafia's to do the same.Everything went down hill for Ty. All Ty wanted to do was to make his brother's career safe and his life with Uncle Gus safe. After Uncle Gus lost the bit that meant that the Mafia's lost the bit too,and they were not to happy about it. Knowing the Mafia's nature spy's advised Uncle Gus and his family to go into hiding.This also meant Ty would have to live with some one else but who? That's when Thane said me.He had always wanted Ty to live with him but Ty was instructed to live with Uncle Gus because Thane was to young to take care of Ty.Now Thane was old enough so that meant Ty was going to live the fantasy life he always wanted to play football,but now it wasn't a fantasy anymore it was reality. .

=Evaluation=

I loved this book.It always kept me wanting to read more and thinking about what was going to happen next.It also taught a very important listen to me, which was to never give up on what you love.I would hope people would consider reading this book because it's just not about football it's more than that.You can even relate to the characters Ty in the book.

=Links= The reason i chose this picture of this child that looks stressed was because i would think Ty would look almost the same.After the way he was treated by his Uncle Gus and all the hard labor he had to do when he was living with his Uncle Gus.That life wouldn't seem to easy especially for a kid.