Coming Up Clutch: The Greatest Upsets, Comebacks, and Finishes in Sports History by Matt Doeden
Published by Millbrook Press (Tm) on August 1st 2018
ISBN: 151242756X
Pages: 64
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Full of vivid photos and engaging writing, this book filled with exciting moments in sports will appeal to upper elementary and middle grade sports enthusiasts. Cycling through a series of upsets, comebacks, chokes, and clutch performances, Doeden covers many sports and many performances from 1919 to 2017. He also ponders the science of “clutch” and the reality of its existence offering a pro and con viewpoint. No matter if it truly exists, there are plenty of thrilling moments in sports when a person steps up and carries her/his team to a victory and that alone will cause people to continue to turn on that game, show up to that stadium, and debate that one key moment where the tide was turned.

Reviewed by Jill O’Connor, Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth