Between Sundays

This novel is fictional but is based on the truth of how foster children are treated in our country. The novel centers around a young boy who loses his mother to pneumonia and his desire to get to know his real father, a professional football player. The story is based on the premise that as a professional football player, your life that really matters is what happens between Sundays. The novel is endorsed by Alex Smith, a real San Francisco 49'ers football player who created the Alex Smith Foundation to help foster children.