"...a fun and engaging read for football fans and realistic fiction fans alike."--Kirkus Reviews (a GET IT book).
An inspiring, page-turner perfect for young readers 7 to 13 years old, and for sports and cheer fans of all ages.Football. Middle School. A Team Against All Odds.Twelve year-old Hatcher has big football dreams. He wants to be a play-calling star. A legend. So, he joins a youth team with the hopes of designing plays to win a championship. But when his inability to read plays correctly gets him cut to the B-team—a group of misfits—his dream of winning turns to surviving a season of Cajun craziness. Enter cousin Heatha, who, forced to live with them, discovers Hatcher's real obstacle—he has dyslexia. How can latch-key kids Hatcher and Heatha work together to defy the odds?
Gary Alipio wears a lot of hats: a children’s book author, digital marketer, photographer, SCBWI advisor, fishing aquatic instructor, and a high school bass coach. This is Gary and his daughter’s first book together. You can find his other crazy tall tales at garyalipio.com