
Facing the Giants is a movie novelization written by Eric Wilson in 2007 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Alex Kendrick in 2006. The movie features Alex Kendrick, Shannen Fields, Jason McLeod, Tracy Goode, Bailey Cave, Steve Williams, and others.
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Storyline
In 2003, Grant Taylor is the head football coach at Shiloh Christian Academy, and has yet to post a winning record in his six-year tenure. After his seventh season begins with a three-game losing streak, the players’ fathers begin to agitate for his firing. This is not the only problem Grant is facing.
Movie vs Book

Year
2006
Minutes
111
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
Facing the Giants
Director: Alex Kendrick
Country: USA
Year: 2006
Length: 1h51m
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Year
2007
Pages
329
Book Rate
9.20
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Book
Facing the Giants
Author: Eric Wilson
Country: USA
First published in: 2007
Length: 329 pages
Genre: Fiction
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Novelizations aren’t just a transcription of the film story. They also add details and backstory to the plot in a literary way.
“The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That’s why we go to movies and say, “Oh, the book is better.”
PAULO COELHO (Writer)
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