Against All Odds - Never Give up

Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos, Roy Reigels in the 1929 Rose Bowl, Frank Reich and the Buffalo Bills during the 1993 NFL playoffs, Tracy McGrady and the Houston Rockets in 2004, the entire St. Louis Cardinals team in the 2011 World Series . . . What do these players have in common? Every one of them was on the brink of a humiliating defeat. But at the moment when they could have called it quits, they didn't. These five real-life stories, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, will inspire readers young and old.

About the author

Glenn Stout is a writer, author, and editor, and served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing, and founding editor of The Year’s Best Sports Writing. He is also the author of Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid, Fenway 1912, Nine Months at Ground Zero, and many other award-winning and best-selling books. He also served as a consultant on the Disney+ film adaptation of Young Woman and the Sea. Stout lives in Lake Champlain in Vermont.

Summary

Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos, Roy Reigels in the 1929 Rose Bowl, Frank Reich and the Buffalo Bills during the 1993 NFL playoffs, Tracy McGrady and the Houston Rockets in 2004, the entire St. Louis Cardinals team in the 2011 World Series . . . What do these players have in common? Every one of them was on the brink of a humiliating defeat. But at the moment when they could have called it quits, they didn’t. These five real-life stories, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, will inspire readers young and old.

Product details

• Authors: Stout Glenn Stout, Glenn Stout, Ike Williams
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2012
• EAN: 9780547887340
• ISBN: 978-0-547-88734-0
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 194 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 109 g
• Series: Good Sports (Paperback); Good Sports (Paperback); Good Sports
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Miscellaneous; JUVENILE NONFICTION: Boys & Men, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Boys & Men *, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Sports & Recreation / Football, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Sports & Recreation / Basketball, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Music *