In the gripping companion to Tommy Greenwalds award-winning novel Game Changer, a star football player watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very same sportnow in paperback
Caleb Springer is the up-and-coming star freshman quarterback on the high school football team, which isnt a surprise considering his dad, Sammy Springer, was an NFL superstar and is now the town celebrity. College scouts are already snooping around Caleb and his future seems set.
But just as Calebs glory days begin, his dad starts to change. Hes forgetting things and getting angry at random times. Caleb is forced to confront a bleak possibility: The sport that gives him so much status and self-worth might be the cause of his dads strange behavior.
Will Caleb keep playing the sport of his dreams, even if he knows how dangerous it can be?
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"The author folds frightening scenes with an injured teammate and another exNFL player into the story as he takes his confused protagonist through the championship game to a decision that may be smart even if just possibly too late... A cogent cautionary tale." * Kirkus Reviews *
Tommy Greenwalds Game Changer is on nineteen state lists, was an Amazon Best Book of the Month, a YALSA Top Ten pick, and a Junior Library Guild Premier Selection. Greenwald is also the author of the Crimebiters! and Charlie Joe Jackson series, among many other books for children. In his day-job, he is the cofounder of Spotco Advertising, a theatrical and entertainment advertising agency in New York City, and the lyricist and co-bookwriter (with Andrew Lippa) of John & Jen, an off-Broadway musical that has been produced around the country and internationally. To read woefully outdated information about Greenwald, visit tommygreenwald.com. He lives in Connecticut.
