Backfield Boys, John Feinstein
Backfield Boys, John Feinstein
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Backfield Boys
A Football Mystery in Black and White

Author: John Feinstein

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Unabridged: 8 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/07/2017

Synopsis

In Backfield Boys, renowned sports journalist and New York Times bestselling author John Feinstein tells a thrilling story of friendship, football, and a fight for justice.

Freshman footballers Jason Roddin and Tom Jefferson are a perfect pair: Jason is a blazing-fast wide-receiver, while his best friend Tom has all the skills a standout quarterback needs. After summer football camp at an elite sports-focused boarding school, the boys are thrilled to be invited back with full-ride scholarships.

But on day one of practice, they're shocked when the team's coaching staff makes Tom, a black kid, a receiver and Jason, a white kid, a quarterback. Confronted with mounting evidence of deep-seated racial bias, the boys speak out, risking their scholarships and chances to play. As tensions ratchet up with coaches and other players, Tom and Jason must decide how much they're willing to lose in a conflict with powerful forces that has nothing—and everything—to do with the game they love.

About John Feinstein

John Feinstein is the author of more than thirty books, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers A Season on the Brink and A Good Walk Spoiled. He is also the author of numerous kids mysteries. His first young adult mystery, Last Shot, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award. John also works for the Washington Post, the Golf Channel, Sirius XM Radio, and Comcast Sportsnet.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Suzanne on November 17, 2017

Hooray for a good football book that features nice play-by-play action, has something of a compelling plot, and will be a palatable recommendation for sporty students who have to check out something for a class assignment. Now that said, it's not so incredible that YAs who just love reading will spr......more

Goodreads review by Kimberley on September 14, 2017

I received an ARC of "Backfield Boys" from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I wasn't impressed with this story. I felt there were far too manny tropes trotted out and too much emphasis on the political climate. While it's important to bring relevant issues--particularly in the world of sp......more

Goodreads review by Landon on March 23, 2023

I rated Backfield Boys by John Feinstein 3 stars because I liked the story the book was telling but I did not like how it was told. It would be entertaining for a chapter or two then it would die out and leave you bored for a couple chapters. I feel that if the book could have had less of those boer......more

Goodreads review by Dechlan on March 16, 2018

I have read many books written by John Feinstein, therefore I expected more from "Backfield Boys." I still enjoyed reading some of this novel, but I did not like the lack of inclusion of sporting events, especially because I was expecting a majority of the novel to be based on football. Although I......more

Goodreads review by Wolf (Alpha) on October 07, 2019

I loved this book. I loved how the boys grew up together and how they played football and got really good together. I love how they decided to go to college together and how many friends they meet there. I hated the coaches and how they swapped the boys from their positions. I hated the coaches are......more

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