The Mighty Mites

New York Times best-selling Author Jim Dent decided to write The Mighty Mites, the Young Adult Version of his fabulously popular Twelve Mighty Orphans when he realized how many young readers were interested in the story. The last seven years, more than fifty school districts in Texas have made Twelve Mighty Orphans required reading. Several high school football teams have read it. The Frisco Heritage High School team turned the book into a class project. The principal and the librarian received a grant to buy ninety books and conducted four classes. They made a field trip to the Masonic Home in Fort Worth. Then they asked the author to speak to the team for ninety minutes. Now comes The Mighty Mites, which is the perfect Christmas gift for anyone from ages eight to eighteen. It is a condensed version of Twelve Mighty Orphans that is considered one of the best sports books ever written. It is an inspirational non-fiction story tailored for young readers that covers an era when an orphans’ football team from the Fort Worth Masonic Home captured the imagination of the entire country.