SuitabookBacking up the beast
Josh Anderson
- Reading
- Read together by pausing at choice points and inviting the reader to explain a preferred option. Let them change direction or read again to explore a different path.
- Themes
- Choice-led storytelling: The reader chooses Scotty’s fate as he waits to see whether he will be needed in the first game of the season. The choice-based structure makes the reader an active participant in how the football story unfolds.
- Keeping a secret: Scotty has not felt comfortable sharing a secret with his coaches or teammates, and it makes his quarterback role harder. The tension between keeping the secret and playing quarterback may shape Scotty’s choices.
- Worth knowing
- The central secret is tied to Scotty’s comfort with coaches and teammates and may affect his playing career.