My novel "Million-Dollar Throw" immediately caught my attention bacause it was about sports. Although I don't read very often, I really liked this book. This novel is all about a boy named Nate who is the star quarterback of his football team in Valley, Massachuesetts. Although this may seem like every thirteen-year-olds dream, he is soon hit with the fact that his family is struggling financially and that his best friend, Abby, is going blind.
She decides to go to Perkins School for the Blind, but, before that, she manages to sign Nate up for a chance to throw a pass through a hoop from thirty yards away on Thanksgiving night, and he won! Now Nate, the biggest Tom Brady fan around, knows what this money can do for his family and thus the pressure is on.
As the story goes on, Abby's vision getting worse, Nate is progressively getting worse and worse at passing and eventually gets benched. His hope for making this "Million Dollar Throw" is dwindling on a thread. His mind isn't fully in each of his football games.
After Abby got back from Perkins, he begans to come out of his depression and becomes confident in himself again. Thanksgiving Night rolls around and the limo cames to pick up his family to go to the stadium. When he gets on to the field Tom Brady was there and Nate got to meet his idol. With his heart beating a mile a minute, he throws the ball and makes right through the hole!
Before he lets the money go to his head, he decides to do something fantastic with it. He tells his mom that he is going to pay for Abby's surgery, no matter what the cost.
This book met and exceeded my expectations and I loved this book, and I'm sure you would too.
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