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As the 1998 Super Bowl MVP, Terrell Davis ran for 30 carries, 157 yards, and three touchdowns to lead the Denver Broncos to an upset victory over the Green Bay Packers. In 1999, he helped the Broncos win their second consecutive Super Bowl. As the star running back for the Broncos, he has set 47 team records and several NFL records. Terrell grew up in a tough, poor neighborhood and struggled through his high school and college football programs. In 1995, he became the lowest drafted player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards his rookie year. With his current 9-year, $53 million contract, his future looks bright. This inspiring biography tells the story of one of football's most exciting players. ... Read more

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Bundy Neel works hard to be the best soccer player he can be.He always has encouraging words for his teammates and he works extra hard during practice and games.So why does his attitude change out of the blue?His teammates don't know it, but Bundy has been saddled with...a baby-sitter! ... Read more

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Mrs. Wickersham's Library Class Review
I think this book is great because it's about soccer and I like soccer. Bundy's grandfather used to babysit but he's moving to Florida so Bundy needs a new babysitter but he doesn't want one. If you want to know more, read this book! ... Read more

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On July 10, 1999, at the end of ninety minutes of regulation play plus two fifteen-minute overtime periods, Briana Scurry faced the greatest challenge of her soccer career. As goalkeeper for the U.S. Women's national team, she would be squaring off against China's five best penalty kickers in a shootout to determine the winner of the 1999 Women's World Cup. The pressure was enormous--but Briana Scurry thrives on pressure, which is one reason she's been called the best goalkeeper in the world. Since 1994, she has proven again and again that when the heat's on, she'll stay cool. And that's just what she did that steamy July day..... ... Read more

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Jason Shearer is better known for his wisecracks than his goalkeeping abilities.But that had better change fast because the Soccer 'Cats starting goalie is going on vacation and Jason's taking his place!Will Jason be able to learn all there is to know about goalkeeping before the game against the always tough Panthers? ... Read more

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Good Book
I really liked this book and if you like basketball then you will love this book.I really liked it because it was a story about a kid who loves the game and suffers diabetes and it really inspires me that he loved the game so much that he continued playing even when he was suffering a disease.It's a great story.

a good book
this is a good book if you like basketball or if you ever haveto overcome an obsticle. ... Read more

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When Stookie Norris asks Jerry Dinh to take care of his gerbils while he's away on vacation, Jerry is thrilled. He's wanted to become better friends with Stookie ever since his family moved next to Stookie's house. But then something terrible happens that ruins all of Jerry's hopes. Will Stookie ever forgive him? ... Read more

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A great sports book for all ages.
This book was very good, it was so good i bought two one two to read and one to save for my deion collection . the book went through many chapters of baseball then football , and both at the same time. but if you don't like deion sanders don't read it because it dosn't need your critism, from somebody like you.But i wouldn't trust my rating because it could a very bad book but i wouldn't not like it. ... Read more

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Two new books paperback editions of the exciting Matt Christopher Soccer 'Cats series. When Stookie Norris's older brother Greg gets his picture in the paper for scoring three goals in one game, Stookie is dazzled. Greg insists strikers should try to score a hat trick every game, though Stookie's coach has never told him that. Still, when the Soccer 'Cats have their next game, Stookie does his best to score three goals-even though it means running wild all over the field chasing the ball. But is that really the best way for him to play his position? ... Read more

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Soccer Cats Rock!
I really like the book called Soccer Cats Hat Trick! The author put in as many details as he could! That's what I think! This book is a book for kids in second or third grade who love soccer. It is really action packed! This story is about a boy named Stookie whose brother got a hat trick in a soccer game. A hat trick is when one player on a soccer team scores three goals in one game. Stookie wants to be like his brother. In the next soccer game he tries to score three goals, but his friends call him a "ball hog!" His best friend won't even talk to him anymore! Read this book to see if he can solve his problem! ... Read more

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The Lowdown
Pressure Play is about Travis Bonnelli who is shortstop for the Seminol's baseball team and he definetly the best player! But when a horror movie contest comes up Travis is in danger of losing he starting job at short! When he gets some calls from someone telling him to shape up OR ELSE! It's a pageturning mystery! If you like baseball then you will love this book by Matt Christopher! ... Read more

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the hockey machine
This book The Hockey Machine by Matt Christopher is a verry interesting book to the people who really like hockey. In this book Steve a starting center was kiddnapped by his coach of the chariots. He thought his dad signed the paper but Mr agagard forged his fathers name.He played as much as 13 games until something suprises him. I recomend this book to the people who are into hockey and the people who like hockey because this book is perfect. If I like this book you will too.

The Hockey Machine a review by Adam
By: Matt Christopher

Have you ever been away from your parents or someone you loved for a long period of time? Well if you have I bet you don't like it. In the book "The Hockey Machine" by Matt Christopher, the protagonist, Steve, plays ice hockey for hockey team called the Bobtails. Steve lives with his parents, or used to anyway. One day after hockey, just as Steve was leaving, he heard a voice say, "Hi Steve, I'm Mark," he announced. Steve did not know who this was.
Then Mark added, "Me and my older friend have been watching you play hockey". " Come on he is in the car waiting to meet you." Marks older friend is Kenneth. Kenneth is a coach of a ice-hockey team in Indianapolis. When Steve and Kenneth met they talked, and after that Kenneth asked Steve if he wanted to go and get something to eat for lunch. Steve told him no because he had to get home. Kenneth said that he would take him home right after they ate. Without saying anything Mark pushed Steve in. Steve got in and Steve, Mark, Kenneth, and the driver all went out to lunch.

On the ride back to Steve's house, Steve fell asleep. When Steve awoke he was still in the car. Then he asked in a worried voice, " Where are we going?"
Kenneth answered, "To Indianapolis."
Steve shrieked, "What, you said that you would take me home right after lunch." Kenneth ruled, "You're going to play on my hockey team, the Chariots.
I already asked your parents when you were asleep."
Steve said "Prove it." Kenneth pulled out a letter and gave it to Steve.
The letter was typed out. Steve thought in his head that anybody could have typed this letter. After Steve was finished reading the letter he finally questioned, " how come I didn't even get a chance to say good-bye to my parents?" No one answered.
As soon as they reached the airport they got on to an airplane to fly to Indianapolis. After they got there Steve met the hockey team. They stayed in their own hotel. After Steve met the guys he asked Mark if Mark would talk to Kenneth because Steve was already feeling home sick. Mark told him "quit thinking about your home. It just makes you more worried."
Then he advised "all of the guys and I did." Steve just bowed his head in sadness, and all he could do was think about home! If you've ever felt like Steve has, all you want to do is go home and see your parents. See what happens to Steve if you get the book The Hockey Machine

Hockey
The Hockey Machine is about this kid who is taken to the Indians to play hockey. So, if you want to find out what happens to Steve, read The Hockey Machine!

The Hockey Machine
This book is a good book, I recommend it to others. It has adventures and is about hockey.
If you like hockey, adventure or mystery's you would like this book.
It is a fairly easy book to read and not difficult to follow the story line.

Awesome
I'm 25 years old and I still read this masterpiece at least once a year. My friends all make fun of me, but its just so good that I can't put it down. So what if I'm single and living w/my persian cat, who I named after the character Kenneth. It has all the elements that a good book needs: suspense, drama, kidnapping of children, and hockey. Christopher is a GENIUS up there with greats like Dante, Shakespeare and Carolyn Keene. ... Read more

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In Home Run Hero, the second book in Dean Hughes's popular Scrappers series, Wilson Love is certainly "the Man." His long ball promises to make him stand out as the Scrappers' best slugger -- when he connects, that is. As Coach Carlton points out, Wilson misses as many as he hits. But when the coach helps him work on a new stance and swing, things get even worse. When he comes to bat, his arms and legs feel all wrong. He couldn't hit the ball if someone held it right up in front of him. The coach might say his swing is better, but what good is that if he still strikes out all the time?

While some of the team side with the coach, others tell him to swing the back the way he wants to, to be himself. Soon Wilson feels caught in a tug-of-war, until he finally realizes that who he is and how he plays is his decision to make.

Each book in Dean Hughes's Scrappers series focuses on a different member of this unseasoned but determined baseball squad. In one summerlong season, each player learns something about him or herself and what it is that defines a team. ... Read more

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Home Run Hero
This is the second book in the Scrappers series by Dean Hughes. Each book in the Scrappers series covers a different position in baseball and bases the story around that position. This book is based on Wilson, the teams catcher and power hitter. The team members are starting to get frustrated by the number of games they are losing and tempers are flaring. The team is not working together and there is a definite attitude problem. Wilson just wants everyone to work together, but then he starts to fall into a batting slump and when Coach Carlton gives him advice to improve his bat, he only gets worse. Soon, the morale of the team will improve and Wilson learns that the catcher is the leader of the team and his ability to take control and calm the team down makes him well-suited for this position. He becomes a leader on and off the field.

Again, this book has special tips in the back on playing catcher and has Scrapper trivia trading cards. There is plenty of play-by-play baseball action and some great lessons on team spirit and teamwork.

I would highly recommend this book to any kids, boys or girls, between 8 and 12 years old that like baseball. ... Read more

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Robbie Marquez is looking forward to nothing more than a summer full of his favorite sport -- baseball. He hopes especially to be the shortstop for one of his city's rec league teams, but when he and his friend Trent Lubak go to the league office for their team assignments, they find out their applications never arrived. Suddenly, they are looking at a summer with no baseball at all -- unless they can pull together enough players for a team, and a coach and a team sponser, in a very short amount of time.

Robbie and Trent indeed pull it off. (Even if Robbie does have to invent a cousin to round out the team.) So here come the Scrappers, an unusual mix of players but a team that has potential -- if they can just figure out how to get along. And that's a challenge, especially when Robbie loses out as shortstop to loudmouthed Gloria, who won't let him forget it!

This book, focusing on Robbie Marquez, is the first book in Dean Hughes's new Scrappers series about this unseasoned but determined baseball squad. Each new book in the series focuses on one of the members of the team during a summerlong season. Along the way, each person learns not only something about him or herself but also what it is that defines a team. ... Read more

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Scrappers Series
I have read everyone of Mr. Hughes'Books about the Scrappers to my son...BR>He loves to read them time and again, you get caught up in the game with these kids (Scrappers) and how they become better players and become friends and real team players.
Sincerely,
Dennis Brown

Baseball's Fun
The main character in this book is Robbie. Robbie is on a baseball team. At a game a friend doesn't know how to swing. Also,in the story Robbie's cousin went on vacation so Robbie's team is going to need a girl, and she is pretty good. I recommend this book for kids 10, 11, and even 12 years old. This book is pretty good and exciting.

Play Ball, Volume 1
What a great book for all the kids out there, boys AND girls, that like to play baseball! We coach three Little League Baseball teams right now (ages 6-7, 8, and 10) and have recommended this series to all of our teams as a great summer reading program. The books are written for ages 8-12, but younger children with a pretty good understanding of baseball will enjoy reading the book with an adult. My 6 and 7 year old boys loved this book and are eager to read the next book (they are not big reading fans, so I was happy to support the reading habit by getting the entire series for them).

This is the first book in the Scrappers Series by Dean Hughes. As a general note on the series, each of the Scrappers books covers a different position on the team with tips at the back of the book on playing the position, some advice from the coach and trivia trading cards dedicated to the learning more about the game.

Play Ball (Vol. 1) is about two players who fail to make the deadline for the summer baseball league and have only two hours to find enough players to form a new team. When Robbie only finds eleven players, not meeting the required twelve player minimum, he creates an "imaginary cousin". This lie causes problems for Robbie before they even play their first game. Another problem for Robbie is that one of the players recruited is a girl who competes with him for his shortstop position causing rivalry between team members and subsequently a loss in an important game.

By the end of the book, the players(and the readers) have learned valuable lessons in honesty, consequences, team spirit and team work, and good sportsmanship!

Again, I think this is a great book for young baseball fans! It makes for a great summer reading program and keeps the attention of the young readers. Look for Home Run Hero (Vol. #2) by Dean Hughes also available now.

Real kids play baseball
My son, aged 9 -10, and I read all of the Scrapper books and are dying for Mr. Hughes to write more of them. They combine real kids with real personalities and problems, with exciting play by play baseball scenes. These are "feel good" books, perhaps not great literature, but in the end the children overcome their issues and contribute to the team. They are engaging reading. ... Read more

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The Screech Owls are in Washington, D.C., for the International Goodwill Peewee Championship – and Nish is about to become a “news flash” seen round the world! Literally. Because the craziest Owl ever has a brand-new plan: to streak the White House.

His way into the White House, he believes, is through the Screech Owls’ new friend, who not only plays centre for the Washington Wall, but just happens to be the son of the U.S. president!

It is a hockey tournament with a difference: secret-service agents, sniffer dogs, metal detectors, world-wide media attention – and the most cunning political assassination plan in modern history.

When the Owls head for a “normal” kids’ day out with their new friend, the president’s son, they have no idea they are about to get involved in a dangerous international power play. With murder the real game plan of their opponents. ... Read more

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Peter's Adventure
This book is about an orphan named Peter. Peter loves motos, (dirt bikes). Along the way Peter meets a rich boy named Giff. Giff helps Peter in races and lets Peter stay at his house for a week. Peter fixes Giff's motobike and Peter races it at one of the races. This book would be good if you liked dirt bikes and racing.

The Dirtbike Reveiw
This book is about a boy named Peter who gets into a fight with a kid named Dexter Pasini for thinking Peter was trying to steal his dirtbike.Later on he forgives him for what he has done and lets him borrow a spare bike to race.After the race Dex asked Peter to help him steal some bike parts and sell them.He doesn't agree with him so Dex beat him up and rode away.A kid named Griff Macenzi [from the race]helped him up and Peter told him he was homeless.So Griff offerd him a home. This book is not recomended because it was boring

My Review
DIRTBIKE RUNWAY, you'll
finish this book in a flash. It's only 96 pages long. The genre is realistic fiction. People can do the samething just like in this book.
This kid named Peter ran away fronm his foster home. To this little town.Then he gets himself into trouble with some kids.
Three thing i liked this book is ...... well the book is all about Motocross.
#1 I like dirt bikes
#2 I like Motocross
#3 And i have a Dirtbike
People who shoul read this book would be Kids my age
9-12.
Well i hope you enjoyed my book review to you, so spread the word.

Dirt Bike Runaway
The book, Dirt Bike Runaway was written by Matt Christopher. My favorite character was Peter because he was good at riding dirt bikes. Some other characters were Dexter Pasina, Jesse Kutter, and Peter's sister. They were the main characters. My favorite part was when, Peter and Dexter weren't friends until Dexter asked Peter to work for him. The job was to steal car parts. Peter said no and then they started to argue and that turned into them fighting. Dexter beat him up and knocked him out. Peters best friend was Giff, they were good friends. They rode motercrosses against Dexter. At the end of the story Dexter and Peter became good friends. To conclude, I think Dirt Bike Runaway was a good book.

Dirt Bikes
Peter Lewinski, a mechanic who works on dirt bikes, runs away from his foster home, the Bentleys, because he was treated poorly. He also ran away because he was always getting in trouble. After Peter reaches Cypress Corner, he stays with friends. Later, Peter finds out he is in more trouble staying with those 3 friends. I think this is a good book to read because if you've never really experienced what dirt bikes are like, this gives you an idea. I recommend this book for 4th-7th graders. ... Read more

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Hockey has been a part of Mario Lemieux's life since his childhood. At the age of six he was holding his own against boys four years older; by the time he was sixteen, he had captured the attention of the National Hockey League, and soon after signed on with NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins.At the 2002 Olympic Winter Games he captained the Canadian hockey team, leading them in their gold medal winning performance. ... Read more