"Million Dollar Throw"
"Million Dollar Throw" by Mike Lupica is a story about a young boy, Nate, who loves football and has the opportunity of a lifetime. His family is poor and his best friend, Abby, is going blind. Nate gets the opportunity to enter a contest for a chance to throw a football through a target and win $1,000,000, and help out his family and his best friend.
"A Child Called It"
"A Child Called It" by Dave Pelzer is a memoir about a child that has to overcome the toughest childhood anyone could ever imagine. He is beaten by his mother, his father left, his brothers do not really care for him, and he is bullied at school. He never gives up and overcomes all of this, eventually speaking about it to thousands of different people around the United States.