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Foortball Genius is a series of young adult sports novels written by former NFL player turned author and speaker Tim Green Tim Green spent years playing for the Atlanta Falcons as a star defensive end before he retired to start a writing career. The National Public Radio commentator, lawyer wrote the first novel Football Genius in the series in 2007. The realistic sports fiction novels was so popular among middle age sports enthusiasts that it was not long before the series of novels had expanded to five titles with the last of the series Deep Zone published in 2011. The lead characters in the series are Troy and Ty two middle school boys that are pursuing their goals of becoming NFL players. The series of novel for the most part are drawn …show more content…
What makes these novels so great is that one does not need to be a football fan to enjoy the novels. The novels have something for nearly everyone with their humor and comedy parts to their adventure parts. The crux of the novels is that when people work together they can overcome challenges; they can beat anyone in sports and in life situations. Troy and Ty are the lead characters in the series who have special talents that they use in their sporting endeavors. They appear together in some of the novels and as single leads in most of the novels. Their special talents bring them together to work for the good of their football teams and to help each other overcome challenges and succeed. Troy proves that doing the right thing is an important element when you want to achieve your goals in football. As for Ty he shows the spirit of never giving up even when the situation seemed so dire and no one else ever believed in him. With effort and heart, the two characters prove that anything is possible as long as one believes in themselves. The two characters grow over the course of the series to become dynamic character full of patience, bravery and patience combined with their special talents. Ty is fast and has sure hands while Troy has the ability to predict plays before they happen which would make

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