Backfield package

by Thomas J. Dygard

Book Overview

Joe Mitchell is Hillcrest High's star quarterback. When he and his three football friends first agree to attend the same college next year and keep the backfield intact, it seems like a terrific idea... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140363483
• ISBN13: 9780140363487
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.3" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

A Book Review

Backfield Package by Thomas J. Dygard is about four football players named Joe, Coley, Tracey, and Lew. They want to stick together for college, but Joe gets a scholarship to another college. So Joe has a big decision to make. The story begins with Joe and his three friends. Their team, the Hillcrest Cardinals, is having football practice. They can't wait for the season to start. Halfway through the season, they only have one loss. Also, halfway through the season is when Joe gets a phone call from Randolph University. He doesn't want anyone to know, except his parents. They still have one hard game left on their schedule. It's against the Cougars. The Cardinals loose, but they played a good game. The main characters are Joe, Coley, Tracey, and Lew. They are football players at Hillcrest High. They have a great relationship with each other. My favorite part is when the Cardinals win the championship. The author's purpose is to entertain. I liked this book because it was about football, and it was about friends. I reccomened this book to fifth grade boys who like football.

This book scores a touchdown every time!

Backfield Package By: Thomas J. Dygard I had a great time reading this book. Joe and his three friends, Coley, Lew, and Tracy, nickname themselves the backfield package. That is a good nickname for them too. In their junior football season at Hillcrest High, they win the Rend Lake Conference Championship. After that football season, the four of them start getting letters from different colleges. Only one college gives all four of them a letter, Ryder State, in Indiana. The "backfield package" decided that all of them were going to Ryder State. Joe then gets a letter from a big university, Randolph University, in Tennessee. Joe then has second thoughts about going to Ryder State. Will Joe stay with the "backfield package" and go to college? Will Joe start his own life and go to Randolph University? Read this book to find out.

Read this BOOK(AND REVIEW)!!!!!

This book will keep you asking when the next book will be published by Thomas J. Dygard. The book involved an internal conflict between Joe and the decesion on where to go to college.There is also an external conflict between Joe and the rest of the team because of a article printed, by the editor without Joe's permission, in the paper. To find out more about the conflict and action of the story, you will have to read the book. If anything, believe me when I say this was the best book that I have read this past two years. So trust me when I say, you should read this book.Thanks!

Review

I choose to read this book because it was about football and choosing between going to college with your friends or somewhere that has a great football tradition. Four high school friends promise each other that they are going to go to college and play football together. One of them has scouts from major schools looking at him and he has to choose whether he will leave his friends and go to a winning football program or whether he will keep their promise and attend college with his friends. I would recommend this book for someone in 6th to 10th grade. Overall it was a good book, and it was worth reading.

include the whole package and then some.

The "Backfield Package" includes the whole package and then some. A really fun book to read Thomas J. Dygard was great in writing this sport action thriller! Joe Mitchell, the star quarterback, and his three best friends have been playing football together ever since they first met. They were an excellent combination in that they went undefeated in their final season. In their senior year, all four players shined and got the name backfield package. They were all very close and they did not want to end the backfield package just yet. So they all agreed to going to the same college even though the school was second rate. But when Joe starts getting offers from top football schools and rumors start flying that the backfield package is in jeopardy along with their friendship. What will Joe do? What comes first college or friendship? And will he be able to live with his decision he comes up with? Overall I'd rate this a five because Dygard does an excellent job in catching the readers attention. And if you like sports this ones a treat.