{"product_id":"soul-sprints-john-gibson-9781949809305","title":"Soul Sprints","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLake Barrow, Florida is a small, central Florida farming community which prides itself on loving three things: faith, family, and the mighty Spartans of Sims County High. The tiny Bible-belt town is also home to a long-standing feud between two of its most prominent families, the Gills and the Danforths.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJayce Leonard is a hometown football hero from Lake Barrow who is all too familiar with the Gill-Danforth controversy. After achieving success as a college quarterback at a small university, Jayce is called home in 2003 to coach at his alma mater at the age of twenty-four, making him the youngest high school head coach in the state of Florida. However, he soon finds himself squarely in the middle of his hometown's checkered history again as he seeks to start a family and successfully lead his beloved Spartans on the gridiron. Alongside him is his college teammate and best friend, Soul Rasheed. \"Coach Soul,\" as he is known to the team, is a Muslim and former favorite receiving target of Jayce's whose enthusiasm and charisma quickly endear him to the players. However, Soul's presence in Lake\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarrow - along with his faith - soon generates fresh strife in the midst of the ongoing discord that has plagued Jayce's small town for years.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoul Sprints is a football tale of love, friendship, tolerance, and the ties of family and community that bind, even in the unceasing presence of bitterness and prejudice in post-9\/11 America.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949809307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949809305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Words Matter Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.73d","brand":"John Gibson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44809942302975,"sku":"9781949809305","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c3869f2-bf0b-43c4-8273-c0fbb095d98e.jpg?v=1707927894","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soul-sprints-john-gibson-9781949809305","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}