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Something for Joey

Richard Peck

Together, they won college football's highest award.

This is a true, memorable, compassionate story of courage and love between two brothers. In 1973, while John Cappelletti was winning the Heisman Trophy as the outstanding college football player in America, his younger brother Joey was suffering from leukemia. But John, now a running back for the Los Angeles Rams, had a very special medicine for Joey. It was called touchdowns. And John scored them in bunches because they were "Something for Joey." The story of the Cappelletti family is a story of courage you will never forget.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Random House Children's Books
  • Publish Date: Mar 1st, 1983
  • Pages: 192
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 6.93in - 4.21in - 0.55in - 0.21lb
  • EAN: 9780553271997
  • Recommended age: 12-UP
  • Categories: Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement

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About the Author

Born in Decatur, IIlinois, Richard Peck has written over 41 books for young readers. He is the winner of the 1990 Margaret A. Edwards Award, a prestigious award sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association in cooperation with the School Library Journal; the 1990 National Council of Teachers of English/ALAN Award for outstanding contributions to young adult literature; and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award. In 2001 Mr. Peck was awarded the Newbery Medal for A Year Down Yonder.

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