Go Long!

by Ronde Barber, Tiki Barber, Paul Mantell (Contributor)

It's Tiki and Ronde's second year on their junior high school football team, the Hidden Valley Eagles. The eighth-grade season is here, and the boys have come together as a team. Now key starters, Tiki and Ronde are ready for a great season, and with hard work and determination, maybe they will even go all the way to the State Championship! But when Coach Spangler announces that he has been asked to move up to the high school team, and Mr. Wheeler, the science teacher, is tapped for the head coaching job, the season seems over before it begins. Sure, Coach Wheeler played college football until he was benched by an injury, but it just isn't the same. Tiki wants to give Coach Wheeler a chance, yet the team's loyalties are divided. What does a science teacher know about the game of football? Can the team work together, get behind their new coach, and play smart? Inspired by the childhood of NFL superstars Tiki and Ronde Barber, Go Long! is a story of teamwork, perseverance, and what it takes to be a champion.

160 pages, Hardcover

Published August 26, 2008

About the author

Ronde Barber was born and raised in Roanoke, Virginia, where he played with his brother Tiki on the Cave Spring Eagles junior high school football team and wore number five. Today he is one of the top cornerbacks in the NFL, wearing number 20 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and has etched his name in the NFL record books with his exceptional playmaking ability. Ronde is a Super Bowl winner, a four-time Pro Bowl selection, and the first cornerback in league history to have at least twenty sacks and twenty interceptions in a career. Ronde collaborated with his brother Tiki on three previous childrens books, By My Brothers Side, the Christopher Award winning Game Day, and Teammates. Ronde Barber lives with his wife, Claudia, and their daughters Yammile Rose and Justyce Rosina, in Florida.

Tiki Barber grew up in Roanoke, Virginia, where he wore number two for the Cave Spring Eagles football team during junior high school, playing alongside his brother Ronde. From 1997 through 2006, he wore number 21 as a running back for the New York Giants, where he holds every rushing record in team history and was a three-time Pro Bowl selection. He was one of the most versatile and productive players in the NFL. Tiki is currently a correspondent for NBCs Today Show and an Analyst for Football Night in America/Sunday Night Football, and was previously a morning news anchor on Fox & Friends. Tiki collaborated with his brother Ronde on three previous childrens books, By My Brothers Side, the Christopher Award winning Game Day, and Teammates. Tiki Barber lives with his wife, Ginny, and sons A.J. and Chason, in New York City.
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