The Walk On: May the Best Quarterback Win....

Reviewed by: Karen Sandlin Silverman - Scarborough High School, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 12, 2015

Review

This is the first in new series (The Triple Threat) of sports-themed books about freshman Alex Myers. Alex has just moved to suburban Philadelphia after his parents' divorce. He's really good at football and this fact becomes clear to his new teammates and coaches during the first day of tryouts. Alas, Alex is a quarterback and the team already has a star quarterback who just happens to be the coach's son. While the detailed description of the football team's practices and games might be a little tedious for non-fans, the story is interesting with a bit of a mystery thrown in and Alex's character shows growth and maturity. Feinstein ends up with a book offering good life lessons about not making assumptions and that life is often more complicated than you might think.

Overall Book Score: very good