Bleachers

2 Pages 405 Words

Bleachers
John Grisham
Doubleday

I think Bleachers is a really great book. The story is about a football player named Neely Crenshaw. He used to play quarterback for the Messina Spartans, and was coached by Eddie Rake. Neely was an all-american quarterback and the local town hero. Football was the biggest thing in the town of Messina. While Neely was in college he injured his knee. This injury would ruin Neely’s football career for the rest of his life. He would never be able to play again.

Neely’s coach, Eddie Rake, had been sick for many years. This was the only reason why Neely returned to Messina. No one in Messina could believe that Neely had returned. To Neely’s surprise, he was still well known and a household name around the homes of the people of Messina. He was also surprised to see his big picture still hanging on the wall at the local diner. This was the first time he had returned to Messina after high school.

When he first returned, he met up with one of his fellow players. He showed him around town. One of the things they did was go to the football field to talk. While they were there, they talked with other players that had attended different years. All of the players were coached by Eddie Rake. They talked about past seasons and past games. They also talked about their coach, Eddie Rake.

Later they talked about the 1987 championship game. They had a come back win. During the game, Coach Rake hit Neely. He was angry that the team wasn’t playing well, and decided to take out his anger on Neely. Because of the incident, the team finished that game without a coach. They began to play better, and ended up winning the game. Eventually, Eddie Rake dies. Since his funeral was the biggest event in town, everyone was there.


Logan Cirone

Bleachers is a really great book. The story shows how people learn to accept the things they are unable to change and yet, ...