The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game

When we first meet Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, Evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution of professional football itself into a game in which the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback's greatest vulnerability: his blind side.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/17/2007
ISBN: 9780393330472
Pages: 339
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 08/03/2007 pg. 28

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 114311 / Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Reading Level: 7.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 19