Christopher, Matt. The Great Quarterback Switch. Canada; Little, Brown & Company, 1984.
Matt Christopher’s, The Great Quarterback Switch is a fast pace sports book that incorporates diversity within the storyline. Christopher is not an insider author to PWD, but has written a significant amount of sports related books for children. This book revolves around twin boys named Tom and Michael. Michael is confined to a wheelchair after a car backed up into him while he was riding his bike. The twin boys learn that they can physically switch places through “Thought-Energy-Control” (Christopher 20) and begin switching during football games. Because of this, Michael can again experience the activities that he could do before his accident.
This book shows its audience that people with disabilities can still do the typical things that anyone else can do. After the accident, Michael did not go into depression and lose faith in what he enjoyed. He continued to support his brother and watched the sports that he once played daily. Matt Christopher does a good job of showing this particular point of view on life after a tragedy. Michael’s family and friends treat him like any other person in the book and that is important to portray to the reader. This book would most likely be only of interest to males because its main focus is sports, but it can definitely be used to teach appreciation and acceptance for people with disabilities as well.
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