The Sixth Man

By: John Feinstein

Narrated by: John Feinstein

It's basketball season. And for once, triple threat Alex Myers is not the one in the spotlight. There's anew new guy in town, and Max Bellotti promises to turn the Lions' losing streak around and lead the team to a conference title. Alex is psyched, but some of the older guys on the team resent being benched in favor of an upstart freshman. Team morale is rocky at best. And when Max comes out as gay, not everyone takes the news in stride. Snide comments and cold shoulders escalate into heated protests and an out-and-out war with the school board. While controversy swirls around them, the Lions have to decide: Will personal issues sink their season, or can they find a way to stand together as a team?

©2015 John Feinstein (P)2015 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Critic reviews

"Suspenseful and well-dramatized sports action scenes...Solidly drawn, both on and off the court." (Kirkus)

Great story

Overall I love it and you should make more the only thing I saw and I’m sure this has been said a million times but when kop beats Chester you said that each of those teams had a record of something-1 but kop lost to Chester and Chester heights so this isn’t true but other than that it’s great :)