# Bleachers - Paperback

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by **John Grisham** (Author)

**#1 _NEW YORK TIMES_ BESTSELLER - A former high school football star bids farewell to his glory days in this poignant and nostalgic novel that's "as taut and twisting as a well-thrown spiral" (_People_).**

**"\[Grisham\] makes this football game so real that the reader can almost see and hear it."--_The New York Times_**

High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty.

Now, as Coach Rake's "boys" sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field lights to signal his passing, they replay the old games, relive the old glories, and try to decide once and for all whether they love Eddie Rake--or hate him. For Neely Crenshaw, a man who must finally forgive his coach--and himself--before he can get on with his life, the stakes are especially high.

### Author Biography

**John Grisham** is the author of numerous #1 bestsellers, including _The Firm, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, The Innocent Man, The Whistler, The Boys from Biloxi,_ and many more. His books have been translated into nearly fifty languages. Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction. Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system. He lives on a farm in central Virginia.

**Number of Pages:** 192

**Dimensions:** 0.62 x 7.98 x 5.28 IN

**Publication Date:** May 29, 2007

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Bleachers

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 5.2

**Point Value:** 6

## Details

- **Price:** 24.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Literary, Price Written on Book, Sports, Suspense, Thrillers

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