Sport (1979)

by Louise Fitzhugh

Series: Harriet the Spy (Book 3)

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Simon "Sport" Rocque, Harriet the Spy's best friend, changes dramatically when his penniless novelist father re-marries and his enormously rich grandfather dies. His new-found wealth brings him into contact with his mother's family, whose attempts to control his life are frightening and clumsy. Despite a few improbable plot elements (such as the Plaza Hotel hiring junior high school-aged bellboys), this is an interesting story and a nice finish to the trilogy. (

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Bjace | Jul 16, 2012 |

I read Harriet the Spy and The Long Secret as a child and I've read them many times more over the years. I never knew this was a trilogy until recently.

Sport is a page-turner! Sport becomes a prize commodity in a custody battle between his parents. Harriet, Janie, and Beth Ellen all make cameo appearances. This book was published posthumously.

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Series (with order)

Harriet the Spy (Book 3)

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1979

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Simon "Sport" Rocque

Harriet Welsch

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New York, New York, USA

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Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee (1981)

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"Don't you understand that I was once fifteen years old? That I looked at my mother the same way you're looking at me? That I see the hatred in your eyes and the despair and the love and all of it?"

"I'm eleven," said Sport. "I'll be twelve next month."

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Eleven-year-old Sport Rocque is living a happy life, keeping his father’s absentmindedness under control, and managing the family budget. When Kate, Sport’s new— and nice—stepmother enters the picture, things couldn’t be better. Then comes the news: Sport’s wealthy grandfather has just died and Sport is a multimillionaire.

But millions of dollars equals millions of problems, as Sport soon discovers when his mother returns and kidnaps him to double her share of the inheritance! Life at the Plaza Hotel is no fun when you’re a prisoner. Will Sport manage to escape and return his life
to normal?

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Eleven-year-old Sport lives happily with his absent-minded father. His ruthless and wealthy mother suddenly wants his custody.

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