Meet the author! Click here to view a video message from Tim Green to Houstonians

Free and open to the public. Doors open at 2:15 pm.

School groups requiring assistance, please contact info@inprinthouston.org by Friday, January 20, 2017. Educators, click here to download a curriculum guide for Left Out. 

Inprint invites you to enjoy an afternoon with bestselling middle-grade author and former NFL player Tim Green as Houston prepares to host Super Bowl LI. Mr. Green will make a presentation about his latest book Left Out. After the presentation, he will take questions from the audience and be available to visit with and take photos with audience members.*  Please note that Mr. Green will not be signing books. Books will be available for sale at the event through Blue Willow Bookshop. This event is presented as part of the 2016/2017 Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People series. Click here for more details.

Tim Green was a star defensive player for the NFL Atlanta Falcons for eight years. While playing football, not only did Tim study law, he began to explore his love of writing. In addition to publishing numerous bestselling books for adults, in 2007 Tim published his first book for middle-graders, Football Genius, which became an instant New York Times bestseller. Other books followed, all set in the world of sports, based on his experiences on the field and as a coach. Beloved by young readers, his books include Football Hero, Football Camp, Pinch Hit, Unstoppable, New Kid, Kid Owner, and others. Critics have called his books “timeless,” “heroic,” and “engrossing.”

Mr. Green comes to Houston to share his latest middle-grade book, Left Out, published in September. The novel’s protagonist, Landon Dorch, is bigger and taller than all the other seventh graders and he hopes he can use this to his advantage to make the football team as well as make friends. Because he is also deaf, people continue to keep their distance and do not get to know the real Landon. Left Out is delightfully action-packed and takes readers through Landon’s journey of changing the way others see him, on and off the field.

*Please note that the post-event meet and greet will be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis. Upon entering the theater, people wishing to meet Tim Green and have photos taken with him will be given a number and then after the presentation, will be called up in numerical order.