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i really couldn't get into this (way to much football for my taste) but I can see how others would enjoy.
Troy and his friends, Nathan and Tate, LOVE football. Troy, however, has a special gift. He can watch a game and predict the next plays. When his mom gets a job with the home team, the Atlanta Falcons, Troy is sure he can help them have a great season. The only problem is he has to convince them to listen to him. Troy is a sensitive, persistent character who just wants to do the right thing. Action-packed play-by-plays make this an exciting read for football fans. Readers will enjoy imagining themselves in Troy's shoes.
Middle school
Middle school
I'm excited about Tim Green's upcoming visit to our school! Football Genius is the first book in a series. So far, I am really enjoying it. The characters are interesting and the story is engaging. I finished this book a while ago, but forgot to write about it! I thought it was a great book. I'm not a big sports reader and I still really enjoyed it. The author kept me interested until the very end. I look forward to reading some other Tim Green books soon!
I thoroughly enjoyed Football Genius. It took a few chapters to establish the pace and then it really took off. It is an excellent independent read choice for someone who is interested in (or crazy about) football.
Troy White is a sixth grade boy who plays second string quarterback on his football team. The coach’s son is the starting quarterback even though Troy has greater talent. Troy has an amazing ability to read the patterns in a football game and know which plays will happen next. This talent comes to the forefront when his mother is hired by the PR department for the Atlanta Falcons NFL team.
Troy’s attempts to be heard by the coaches, his mom, and one middle linebacker in particular are filled with humor, compassion and excitement. Even when Troy finally succeeds in getting one of the players to listen to him, he must still break through his mother’s stubornness, a malicious coach’s motives and the unreachable ear of the team’s owner.
Troy gets his chance to be special, to fulfill the part of his destiny that is right now. Troy’s story strikes a chord with anyone who has ever had a dream for his future, or has searched for the essence of what makes him different and special within this big world.
I think, however, the book may have limited appeal to readers who are not interested in football or do not really understand how the game is played. (For example: I have read all the Harry Potter books, but find Quidditch, as a sport, boring and would often skim the pages and pages describing the game itself.) I am a HUGE football fan and was enthralled with the descriptions of plays on the field. I could see the games playing in my head while I was reading about them. Green also uses the names of several actual NFL players, but since the book was written in 2007, they are outdated now. As a MN Vikings fan I chuckled at the descriptions of Randy Moss’s behavior as an Oakland Raider. Also, Michael Vick is quarterbacking the Falcons (pre-dog fighting scandal). If you don’t know who Brian Urlacher, Tiki Barber and Drew Bledsoe are then the name dropping is probably going to bore you. If you DO know your football players from the early 2000′s, then it’s kind of a kick to read about them in passing during the story.
Tim Green was a defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons from 1986-1993. His expertise in the arena of professional football is clearly evident in the details of the games and the structure of a pro football team. It is not simply his football expertise that is showcased in this novel. His ability to tell Troy’s story in an exciting and meaningful way.
This is a fun, easy, uplifting read that rises to an even higher level if you are a football fan, like me.
Troy White is a sixth grade boy who plays second string quarterback on his football team. The coach’s son is the starting quarterback even though Troy has greater talent. Troy has an amazing ability to read the patterns in a football game and know which plays will happen next. This talent comes to the forefront when his mother is hired by the PR department for the Atlanta Falcons NFL team.
Troy’s attempts to be heard by the coaches, his mom, and one middle linebacker in particular are filled with humor, compassion and excitement. Even when Troy finally succeeds in getting one of the players to listen to him, he must still break through his mother’s stubornness, a malicious coach’s motives and the unreachable ear of the team’s owner.
Troy gets his chance to be special, to fulfill the part of his destiny that is right now. Troy’s story strikes a chord with anyone who has ever had a dream for his future, or has searched for the essence of what makes him different and special within this big world.
I think, however, the book may have limited appeal to readers who are not interested in football or do not really understand how the game is played. (For example: I have read all the Harry Potter books, but find Quidditch, as a sport, boring and would often skim the pages and pages describing the game itself.) I am a HUGE football fan and was enthralled with the descriptions of plays on the field. I could see the games playing in my head while I was reading about them. Green also uses the names of several actual NFL players, but since the book was written in 2007, they are outdated now. As a MN Vikings fan I chuckled at the descriptions of Randy Moss’s behavior as an Oakland Raider. Also, Michael Vick is quarterbacking the Falcons (pre-dog fighting scandal). If you don’t know who Brian Urlacher, Tiki Barber and Drew Bledsoe are then the name dropping is probably going to bore you. If you DO know your football players from the early 2000′s, then it’s kind of a kick to read about them in passing during the story.
Tim Green was a defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons from 1986-1993. His expertise in the arena of professional football is clearly evident in the details of the games and the structure of a pro football team. It is not simply his football expertise that is showcased in this novel. His ability to tell Troy’s story in an exciting and meaningful way.
This is a fun, easy, uplifting read that rises to an even higher level if you are a football fan, like me.
Sounds so exciting! Tim Green is coming to our school! Got to read it for B.O.B.
Tim Green played for the Falcons, and now he writes books. It's tough for me not to say "y'shoulda stuck to football," but, uh, yeah. Premise: a kid can predict what play a team is going to run. Add in the broken home and the football-player-as-surrogate-father subplots, and a healthy dose of unintentional humor every time Michael Vick is namedropped, and you get a pretty crappy book. I really wish people wrote better YA novels for boys...
Sounds so exciting! Tim Green is coming to our school! Got to read it for B.O.B.
Troy is a quarterback who can read the field extremely well and predict what is going moves opposing teams are going to make. However, his coach refuses to play him. However, when his mom gets a job with the Atlanta Falcons and he gets to meet some of his football heroes, he may have a chance to help them by showing what he can do.
The author played for the Atlanta Falcons, so all the football details are accurate. The characters are well-developed. A great sports series.
The author played for the Atlanta Falcons, so all the football details are accurate. The characters are well-developed. A great sports series.
A pretty meh sports book with some sort of contest to see how many times "football genius" could be said. The upsides are that the audiobook has a legit full cast recording with sounds [music that makes the book seem like an after school special], and a cute budding romance that Troy sets up for his mom.
Troy is a FOOTBALL GENIUS! He just knows when football players are making their moves what they're going to do, and he's positive he can help his local NFL team out. Fortunately, his mom was recently hired by the Atlanta Falcons PR department, so Troy sets out to immediately get her fired. He does this by acting crazy and grabbing players in an attempt to tell them the plays that will be happening. After he and his mother are removed from the game, he seeks other ways to get in contact with Seth, the Falcons quarterback. This is also particularly important because Troy stole a football from Seth's yard to prove a bet against his bully. Meanwhile, Troy has been keeping his bully at bay both in school and on the football field. Well, that is on the sidelines because the bully's father never puts Troy in. Will Troy ever get through to the adults that he's... some kind of football genius?? Will Troy ever get to play football? Will Seth and Troy's mom fall madly in love? All that and more, behind the covers of Football Genius!
Troy is a FOOTBALL GENIUS! He just knows when football players are making their moves what they're going to do, and he's positive he can help his local NFL team out. Fortunately, his mom was recently hired by the Atlanta Falcons PR department, so Troy sets out to immediately get her fired. He does this by acting crazy and grabbing players in an attempt to tell them the plays that will be happening. After he and his mother are removed from the game, he seeks other ways to get in contact with Seth, the Falcons quarterback. This is also particularly important because Troy stole a football from Seth's yard to prove a bet against his bully. Meanwhile, Troy has been keeping his bully at bay both in school and on the football field. Well, that is on the sidelines because the bully's father never puts Troy in. Will Troy ever get through to the adults that he's... some kind of football genius?? Will Troy ever get to play football? Will Seth and Troy's mom fall madly in love? All that and more, behind the covers of Football Genius!