Last Man Out by Mike LupicaMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Tommy Gallagher is 12 years old and shares a love of football with his dad Patrick - a firefighter. Patrick strives to be the "first man in" to a fire and the "last man out". And then the unthinkable happens and shakes the Gallagher family to its very core.
Lupica is a master at using sports as a framework to talk about tough issues. He doesn't sugar coat them or make things seem better than they are. An excellent read for the middle grade boy.
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