Home-Field Advantage
Justin Tuck
Illustrated by Leonardo Rodriguez

Simon & Schuster
2011 / ISBN 9781442403697
Picture book, sibling relationships (ages 4-8)
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Reviewed by Bob Walch

Professional football player Justin Tuck of the New York Giants narrates this picture boot that explains why he is such a tough professional athlete. ·When people ask me how I got to be so tough, I say, ·You·d be tough too, if you grew up with my five sisters!··

In this book Tuck describes the time when he was a little boy and his sisters decided to give him a haircut. Snip, snip, snip! What he ended up with was a ·reverse Mohawk· and poor Justin was so embarrassed he hid in his room.

The illustrations in this picture book are cute and draw the reader into what is a ·so-so· narrative. Anyone with lots of siblings can relate to this story, but otherwise it probably won·t appeal to a wide audience other than Tuck·s New York fan base. I seriously doubt that plastering ·NFL SUPERSTAR· on the cover will do much to boost the sales of this book!