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24 pp.
| Bearport
| August, 2011
|
LibraryISBN 978-1-61772-310-0$22.61
(4)
K-3
Football Heroes Making a Difference series.
Beginning with career anecdotes and brief personal histories, these books then highlight the athletes' impressive on-field statistics and finish with their off-field charity work (e.g., "Troy also likes helping soldiers who have served in America's wars"). The laudatory volumes are well intentioned but information-sparse. Plenty of photographs will appease fans. Reading list. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Football Heroes Making a Difference titles: Mark Sanchez, Peyton Manning, and Troy Polamalu.