The book Million Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica is about a Valley, Massachusetts boy named Nate Brodie. Nate is not an ordinary boy, he has a passion for football. Sometimes when you were 13, nothing made sense to you. It was never like this for Nate. Nate had been having more and more trouble figuring out his world especially with everything that was happening to his family. He lived in a poor family. One-day during a football game, Nate makes his first touchdown and says I hope my mom got that on film with the camera we have thats on its last strand. And I know my dad is already not here because he is finishing his last shift at his second job. Nate's favorite football player is Tom Brady. One day Nate goes with his mom, and best friend Abby to a store to finally buy the Tom Brady autographed football he always wanted after saving for over a year. After he bought it he got the chance to sign up to throw a ball from 30 yards into a hole at the half of a New England Patriots game and win $1,000,000. He won the raffle and got to do it. This event takes place in a couple of months. He knew that if he made this throw, his life would be almost back to normal. He knew it would help his family and himself. This throw was a one time opportunity, a Million Dollar Throw.