Title: I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond

Author: Michael Oher

Genre: Biography

Published: February 8, 2011

This story is The Blind Side, both the book and the movie, told from Michael Oher's point of view.

I read The Blind Side a couple of years ago and while it was very informative about football I wanted to know more about what had happened with Michael. This book goes into detail about his background and what had actually happened to him.

Despite everything he had gone through and experienced Michael is a very optimistic and positive
person. He is grateful for where he is now and for those who helped him get there. He admitted that not everything he had experienced was positive and he said he had made mistakes, but he did try to learn from them and move forward.

He stated more than once the reason he had written the book was so other kids in similar situations to his would know it was possible to get out and have a happy life. He wanted them to know they weren't stuck in the cycle just because their parents were in one. Michael talked about how just wanting something wasn't enough. You really needed to work for it and then when you got what you wanted you needed to work to improve and keep it.

Overall I gave this book 5 stars out of 5.