I really enjoyed the fact that the setting was in the mid west, where I grew up, and that it had a football aspect to it. I felt like I had a connection with Mike, because both of us have had our fathers deployed overseas. This book is my absolute favorite book of all time! I enjoyed every page of this book and related not just to Mike, but also other characters in the book. Only until his friend, Derek, who's a farmer, and the person who Mike works for, reveals that he is the mystery sender, Mike Discovers the truth.
Earlier in the book he receives letters his dad wrote him on his overseas tour and took them personally, which helped him get through his school year. He meets an Arabic girl named Isma and develops a relationship despite the racial tension and bullies at his high school. When his mom won't let him join football, he forges her signature because he believes his dad would want him to play. He lost his father in Afghanistan and looks up to him. He lives with his sister and mom in a ghetto house that often needs repairs. Mike Wilson is a teenager living in the mid west in Iowa.
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