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After years of playing nothing but soccer in Hudson City, New Jersey, Manny has to work very hard to play on the middle school football team, using determination, speed, and smarts to make up for being small and inexperienced.Tags
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Review by: corinna
This story is about a boy named Manny and another boy named Donald. The sport that they were recently playing was soccer, but they decided to try something new like football. The team they played for was called Hudson City. The first game they played in was against South Bergen, and South Bergen won 14-7. The coach got a little upset, and said that there was going to be people getting kicked off the kick-off squad. A week later Manny finds out he is one of those people who is getting kicked off the kick-off squad. The second game was against the hornets. Hudson City won the game thanks to Manny and Donald. The coach gave Manny a second chance and he was on the kick–off squad again, so they both decided to stay with show more Football.
My favorite part of this book is when Manny got to come back on the kick-off squad. My least favorite part of this book is when they lost their first game.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes sports. The reader should be a young teenager because it is easy to read and easy to understand.
I rate this book a 3 out of 5 because it was an o.k. book, and I’ve read better. I wish there would have been more conflict between the two friends.
Review by: Lavar
That's really thinking out of the box. Thanks! show less
This story is about a boy named Manny and another boy named Donald. The sport that they were recently playing was soccer, but they decided to try something new like football. The team they played for was called Hudson City. The first game they played in was against South Bergen, and South Bergen won 14-7. The coach got a little upset, and said that there was going to be people getting kicked off the kick-off squad. A week later Manny finds out he is one of those people who is getting kicked off the kick-off squad. The second game was against the hornets. Hudson City won the game thanks to Manny and Donald. The coach gave Manny a second chance and he was on the kick–off squad again, so they both decided to stay with show more Football.
My favorite part of this book is when Manny got to come back on the kick-off squad. My least favorite part of this book is when they lost their first game.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes sports. The reader should be a young teenager because it is easy to read and easy to understand.
I rate this book a 3 out of 5 because it was an o.k. book, and I’ve read better. I wish there would have been more conflict between the two friends.
Review by: Lavar
That's really thinking out of the box. Thanks! show less
this is a good book that will be enjoyed by those who like football and other spoorts.
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Rich Wallace was born on January 29, 1957 in Hackensack, New Jersey. He began writing as a first grader but academics were not his strong suit and he did not read much beyond what was required for his classes. As a teen-ager he was mostly interested on sports, especially track and cross country. In high school He started writing often and working show more on his school newspaper. He continued his writing as he attended Montclair State College. He took creative writing classes, including one that required him to write a novel, one chapter a week. He also interned at the Passaic Herald-News where he was later offered a paid reporting job. After graduating Montclair State in 1980 with a bachelor of arts degree, Rich Wallace went to work for several N.J. newspapers as a sports reporter and news editor and continually reworking that first novel he started in creative writing class. In 1988 he started working for Highlights for Children as a copy editor. He has since become senior editor at the magazine and publishing well written stories has become his passion. Then in 1996 after several rewrites his first novel Wrestling Sturbridge was published. He continued writing with novels such as Shots on Goal, Riding Time and Playing Without the Ball - all with sports related themes. He also penned a series called Winning Season with titles such as The Roar of the Crowd, Technical Foul, Fast Company and Double Fake. Wallace has said he has one goal for his writing - to offer an honest representation of how adolescent boys struggle to find their identity. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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