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Item Nr: B 124420 Title: Backfield Boys
Grade Lvl: IJS Author: Feinstein, John
Length: 353 Prod/Pub: Farrar Straus Giroux
Copyright: 2017 Series:
Book Type: FC Biographee:
Copies: 2 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  Freshman footballers Jason Roddin and Tom Jefferson are a perfect pair: Jason is a blazing-fast wide-receiver, while his best friend Tom has all the skills a standout quarterback needs. After summer football camp at an elite sports-focused boarding school, the boys are thrilled to be invited back with full-ride scholarships. But on day one of practice, they're shocked when the team's coaching staff makes Tom, a black kid, a receiver and Jason, a white kid, a quarterback. Confronted with mounting evidence of deep-seated racial bias, the boys speak out, risking their scholarships and chances to play. As tensions ratchet up with coaches and other players, Tom and Jason must decide how much they're willing to lose in a conflict with powerful forces that has nothing--and everything--to do with the game they love. YA. Realistic fiction. School stories. IL 7-12. AR 5.6. RC 5.5. Lexile 840. Iowa Teen Award, 2019-2020.

  Subjects:
  225 - BOYS
  325 - COACHING(ATHLETICS)
  519 - FOOTBALL
  534 - FRIENDSHIP
  1298 - HIGH INTEREST/LOW VOCABULARY
  590 - HIGH SCHOOLS
  1678 - LEXILE 800-899
  1439 - PREJUDICES/PREJUDICE
  1583 - SPORTS--FICTION