Crackback by John Coy
September 22, 2006 — Mary Childs
Crackback is about Miles Manning, a first-string high school football player who is trying to get by in school, all while trying to please some difficult people in his life–his father and his coach. Both are pretty demanding about how they give advice, especially about how Miles should be playing football. His problems with football could be helped if he was a little bit bigger and stronger, and his friend Zach wants him to do some experimenting with steroids and other substances to help make him stronger and play harder.
Besides his problems about playing football, Miles is also finding out some family secrets while doing a family history project for social studies, and he’s becoming interested in a Lucia, a new girl in his class.
Lots of football action and you really get involved with Miles and what’s going on in his life. I had never heard the term “crackback” in football, but Miles experiences a “crackback block” in several different ways in this book.
Great sports story!
November 5, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Crackback was one of the best books I have ever read. I play high school football and it was my english teacher to gave me the book to read. I play the same position as miles manning did in the book so i could really connect with that. The only this that upset me about this book was seeing the last page. I couldn’t seem to put in down and then within 3 hours the book was done. I think john coy should consider writing another book just like Crackback. Great book !