Back Porch Swing

By Allen Bohl

Book Overview

Lance Stoler has some tough decisions to make. He's a highly recruited high school senior from a small town in eastern Kentucky. But playing basket ball isn't the only thing on Lance's mind. There's the girl he meets on a recruiting trip to Kansas?the basketball buddy who may have stepped over the line with recruiting rules, the coach who has questionable reputation and the pressure from family to sign with his parent's alma Mater. Family traditions and relationships are at stake. If you?ve ever found yourself caught between a rock and a hard place, if you enjoy the drama of high school sports, if you relate to the underdog, route for the little guy, you will love Back Porch Swing. In the spirit of Hoosiers and Chariots of Fire, Back Porch Swing delivers a heartwarming and enjoyable read where family values, character and integrity are tested.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599320258
• ISBN13: 9781599320250
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Elevate
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Bohl breaks through with a winner!

If you have ever wondered how institutions recruit their athletes, then this book is a must read. Even if athletics is not of interest to you, then you will find some wonderful principles and life lessons within the the covers of this book. Bohl, a former athletic director, writes a great story of a young man and his trials and tribulations in his decision of where to play college basketball. Just like for you and me, his decisions are not as easy as it would seem. Positive and negative factors are constantly pulling him one way and then another. Bohl has crafted a piece of work for all ages, and once I picked it up, it was tough to put it down!

Great Family Oriented Book

The main theme involves a high school athlete, but more importantly it revolves around a family that supports the use of good judgement in decision making. Anyone from a middle-school student to a grandparent will enjoy the book whether or not they are, or ever were, an athlete. I think it would be a wonderful book to read together within a family or with a youth group of any kind.

Back Porch Swing

Heartwarming experience of young athlete trying to make the right decision about college. A must for anyone in that position.