Pub Date: April 11, 2023
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2022032821
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 07 to 10
Physical Info: 0.77" H x 8.13" L x 5.67" W ( 0.56 lbs) 144 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Sports and Recreation | Soccer | Social Themes | Friendship | Values and Virtues | Readers | Chapter Books
Series: The Good Sports League
Description: Ten-year-old Ben Cutler loves soccer, and he like to have fun while playing too, but when he joins a travel team that takes winning very seriously, he starts to wonder if there is more to the game than just getting a W.
Brief description: Tommy Greenwald is the author of Game Changer, Rivals, and Dinged. Game Changer is on 19 state lists, was a YALSA Top Ten pick, and a Junior Library Guild Premier selection. Rivals was a Junior Library Guild selection, and a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Greenwald is the author of the Crimebiters! and Charlie Joe Jackson series, among many other books for children. Day jobwise, he is the cofounder of Spotco Advertising, a theatrical and entertainment advertising agency in New York City, and the lyricist and co-bookwriter (with Andrew Lippa) of John & Jen, an off-Broadway musical that has been produced around the country and internationally.
Review Quotes: Freddy states the moral up front--sports should be enjoyable--and this fast-paced, heartfelt story bears out the message. Good-hearted sporty fun.
--Kirkus