Name: Last Man Out
ISBN: 9781536417944

Mike Lupica

When the Brighton Bears suit up on game day, 12-year-old Tommy Gallagher is the toughest kid on the football field. And the bravest. After all, his father Patrick is a Boston firefighter--one of Boston's bravest. Tommy's dad taught him everything he

Last Man Out

Twelve-year-old Tommy Gallagher, the bravest and toughest football player on the field, faces his biggest battle ever when his father, a Boston firefighter, is fatally injured while rescuing a child.

Jeni Enjaian

I found this book entirely too predictable. I could tell from the very beginning how Tommy would deal with the death of his father, poorly, and that he would end up doing something stupid that would jeopardize his season and that in the end he would learn a valuable lesson and be better off for it. Even though, I am not a huge football fan, that was not a turn off for me. Instead, what I did not like about the book was the predictability, the lack of deep diving into the characters and their motives, like why did Emily quit the soccer team? Lupica never really answers that question.

I think adolescent boys would enjoy this book, especially those who enjoy football. I, however, definitely do not fit that target demographic.