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GreatBook!
I'm a 9 year old boy who loves sports.I had to read a mystery book for school.This book was perfect because it was interesting, fun to read and exciting.It starts out with two 12 year old boys named Benton Crawford and Dana Bellamy.They are neighbors, friends and on the same soccer team.A fire breaks out at Benton's house.Dana's dad saves Benton and his sister.Benton starts a rumor that Dana's dad who was their electrician had done a bad job wiring the house and that was what Benton thought caused the fire.After the fire Benton never passed the ball to Dana anymore.Things get really heated up between Benton and Dana.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Fiction    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Mystery and detective stories    6. Soccer    7. Social Issues - General    8. Sports & Recreation - Miscellaneous    9. Sports & Recreation - Soccer    10. Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Miscellaneous    11. Sporting stories   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Fiction    4. Football    5. Readers - Beginner    6. Scouts and scouting    7. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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"A Slugger, Mark McGwire"
I enjoy all of Matt Christopher's books especially his "Sport Bio" ones. I checked out this grand book at the public libary. "At The Plate With Mark McGwire" is a great book because it's allthe way Matt Christopher writes, the way he wrote this book was especiallyGREAT. The way Matt Christopher wrote when McGwire was little to when hewas a slugger,when he "stunk", and much more.I really hope peopleof all ages read about such a star. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1963-    2. Baseball players    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    5. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    6. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    7. Children: Grades 4-6    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. McGwire, Mark    11. McGwire, Mark,    12. Sports & Recreation - Baseball    13. United States    14. Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation   

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Mara really liked Cookies and Crutches!
The Pee Wees have to make cookies and let Mrs. Peters taste them. They try and try, but still couldn't make them. My favorite quote from this book was when Molly says to Rachel, "You've got a hex on those running shoes!" This is an excellent book. You can read and enjoy it anytime!

cute book
We read this in our homeschool as a fiction read aloud.My son who is seven enjoyed hearing the book.He liked hearing about the scouts adventures.I'm sure we will be reading more Pee Wee Scout books soon.

MRS. PETER'S IS REALLY FUNNY.
I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK.MRS. PETER'S EXPLAINED HOW TO MAKE THE COOKIES IN A FUNNY WAY.I AM A 3RD GRADER AND BELIEVE THAT I WILL REALLY ENJOY READING MORE OF PEE WEE SCOUTS! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baking    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Fiction    5. Readers - Beginner    6. Scouts and scouting    7. Skating    8. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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Awesome
The Chip Hilton series is a series of sports books. In the early books in the series a young man named Chip Hilton is in High School.Later in the series he is in college.Chip is an extremely bright young man who is also a star in baseball, basketball, and football. Chip is a leader on and off the court.These books teach children about morals and ethics. j's review
This book was awesome!!! It is a very good book if you like sports books. However, it does not only have to do with sports. It shows how much Chip Hilton cares about his friend Soapy Smith. I deafinitly reccoment this book!!!

Hardcourt Upset
Tre explains almost exactly how I feel about this book.Except for one subject, when Tre says that you should worry about your problems I think that in this situation you should help your friend out first.Because the two of them had been best friends since youth. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Basketball    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Colleges and universities    5. Fiction    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Religious - Christian    8. Social Issues - General    9. Sports & Recreation - Basketball    10. Sports & Recreation - General    11. Sports & Recreation - Miscellaneous    12. Universities and colleges   

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"Prime-time pitcher"
I loved the book. I loved the book because it influenced me to read matt's book.

Prime Time Pitcher
Prime Time Pitcher
A must read
Once I started this book I couldn't stop. Read about Kobyand all he goes through in one of Matt Christopher best books yet! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baseball    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Pitchers (Baseball)    7. Social Issues - General    8. Sports & Recreation - Baseball    9. Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Baseball   

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Camping    3. Camps    4. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    5. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    6. Children: Grades 1-2    7. Fiction    8. Ghosts    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Scouts and scouting    12. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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On the Mound with Randy Johnson
On the mound with Randy Johnson by Matt Christopher is great.I think it's great because it has a lot of action.I also like it because it's about sports. It's about Randy Johnson.Randy Johnson is a pitcher in the majors. I liked it and I think if you read it you will too. On the Mound with Randy Johnson
The name of my book is On the Mound with Randy Johnson by Matt Christopher.It has 116 pages, and it's a biography. Wonderful!
All the kids sports books written by Matt Christopher are great!Matt Christopher has turned my son into an avid reader.If you have a child that loves sports.....buy Matt Christopher's books! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baseball players    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    4. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    5. Children: Grades 3-4    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Sports & Recreation - Baseball    9. United States    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Fiction    4. Humorous Stories    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Juvenile Sports    7. Readers - Chapter Books    8. Soccer    9. Sports & Recreation - General    10. Sports & Recreation - Soccer    11. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Chapter Books   

Subjects:  1. 1980-    2. Basketball players    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    5. Children's 9-12    6. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    7. Children: Grades 4-6    8. China    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Sports & Recreation - Basketball    12. Yao, Ming,    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation   

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This was a great book.
This book is a good book for young readers. If you relly like baseball and reading relistic-fiction this is a good book for you ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baseball    2. Baseball stories    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Fiction    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Puerto Ricans    8. Social Issues - General    9. Sports & Recreation - Baseball    10. Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Baseball   

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Why I Like Chip Hilton books
I like Chip Hilton books because they teach me how to be a good role model and sportsman. It teaches me how to keep my confidence, focus on the game, not on brag, and try my hardest in school. Of all the 12 books I've read this is one of the best! I hope you read them too! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baseball    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Conduct of life    5. Fiction    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Religious - Christian    8. Sports & Recreation - Basketball    9. Sports & Recreation - General    10. Leadership   

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At the plate with Sammy Sosa
I think this book is very good because it's very educational for us kids.I really recommend this book to other kids because it gives an authur's message of hard work really pays off.

Excellent
This great book on Sammy Sosa is superior in every way to most of the "cash-in" paperbacks written on baseball superstars. Well-written, engaging and full of information, Sosa may not be baseball's Superman, but he is an interesting guy profiled in this interesting book. Buy it[...]

RECOMMENDED
This is a fun book that looks at a great superstar whose legacy will get better over time.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1968-    2. Baseball players    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage    5. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    6. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    7. Children: Grades 4-6    8. Dominican Republic    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Sosa, Sammy    12. Sosa, Sammy,    13. Sports & Recreation - Baseball    14. Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation   

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Fiery Fullback Review
The book Fiery Fullback was about a kid, Chip Hilton, who turns a kid named Greg Hansen into a good football player. Chip Hilton is State's quarterback and State needs to win many games to make it to the Rose Bowl. They have a problem, though. State's best middle linebacker, Greg Hansen does not cooperate with the coaches and has no respect for other players. He has a poor attitude towards middle linebacker, because hewants to play another position. Greg Hansen wants to play running back for State. The spot was already taken by Fireball Finley, who was much quicker and much better of a running back than Greg. Greg wanted to play running back because his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather had played this position. His father had an injury in high school and it ruined the chances of him being a professional football player. Greg wanted to make his father proud. He tried to work it out with the coach, but Coach Ralston would rather have Fireball at that position. After hearing this news, Greg Hansen quit State football team. Chip Hilton tries to bring him back to the team, but he does not listen to Chip. He wanted to be a running back hero. After a while, Chip goes to Greg's house and convinces him to come back. Greg Hansen then realizes that middle linebacker can be a good position, too, after getting a couple of good hits. He decides to change his attitude and State beats their last match-up of the regular season. The book also has many other exciting parts to it; not only with Greg Hansen. The games were very enjoyable for me to read. This book was great because I like football, and I like to read about heroes. Chip Hilton was the hero in this book. He lead the State football team to win all of their regular season games.

Original Manuscript is Great
Evidently the other person who wrote a review of this book read the paperback version.If you want the "classic" and unrevised Chip Hilton, you have to read the hardcover version.(Yes, they are two different things.)The hardcover version is the exact manuscript discovered in Clair Bee's personal effects after he died.Indeed, it is not quite as polished as the other books, in that there are a few minor continuity issues between this and some earlier titles, but this is a look at Clair Bee's last Chip Hilton story, before the final edits it never received.For any fan of the original, unrevised Chip Hilton series, this book is a must have.If you don't like all the revisions that have been made in the paperback versions of the stories, don't read them -- stick with the originals and the HC version of Fiery Fullback.

New Chip Hilton book a disappointment
I've been a fan of the Chip Hilton books for year, and was happy to hear that a new one was coming out.The book was a disappointment, however, and does not measure up to the first 23.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Fathers and sons    4. Fiction    5. Football    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Religious - Christian    8. Social Issues - General    9. Sports & Recreation - Football    10. Teamwork (Sports)   

Subjects:  1. African Americans    2. Basketball players    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage    5. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    6. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    7. Children: Grades 4-6    8. Christopher, Matt    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. O'Neal, Shaquille    12. Sports & Recreation - Basketball    13. United States    14. Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation   

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All Star Fever: A Peach Stree Mudders Story
This is a good book if you like books that are about sports.The best part is when he made the all-star team.Earlier on in the story he was nervous because scouts that picked that all-star team were watching.On the last game he almost didn't make it to the game, because he couldn't find his bike helmet.He almost missed the game until he told his mom he disobeyed her and she gave him his helmet.This is a good lesson about telling the truth and following your parent's rules.

it,s about a kid who tries to make the all star team
at first he tries really hard but does not do very well.one night a member from the allstar team comesto his house. he reconized the person but could not put a name to him. he finally puts faith in himself and performs better and he makes the all star team. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baseball    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Fiction    5. Guilt    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Readers - Chapter Books    8. Social Issues - General    9. Sports & Recreation - Baseball    10. Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Baseball   

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Strike Three!
WILLIAM"CHIP"HILTON the high school sports all star has to try lto turn Nick Trullo's attitude around, let coach HENERY"ROCK"ROCKWELL deal with itor just stay away him while still traing Soapy Smith to be a catcher instead of a right fielder, and train himself to be a pitcher instead of a catcher with some tips from Del Bennett State baseball coach and friend of Coach Rockwell. From the beginning Chip, Soapy, Speed Morris, and Ted Williams were enimies sith Nick and Carl Carey. Chet Stewart the assistant coach ne at once that that Nick was trying to help Carl try to beat Chip out of the lead catcher job.During the games chip called the pitches and Nick didn't even shake them off he just pitched a different pitch. Chip, Taps Browning, Soapy and Speed all went to a Spring Festival at State where they went to see their future coaches. That's where he met Del Bennett and he asked him for some pitching lessons. He asked him not to tell the rock about it and because he wanted to tell him when he was ready. Chip built a strike zone on his fence but when he got his first chance with Soapy behind the plate and he didn't do well because his mound wasn't elevated.Then when Soapy claimed nick wasn't following the signs trullo was asked to turn in his uniform. after that They got to the championships. Will they win will will Nicks attitude change you have to read Strike 3.

Strike Three!
WILLIAM"CHIP"HILTON the high school sports all star has to try lto turn Nick Trullo's attitude around, let coach HENERY"ROCK"ROCKWELL deal with itor just stay away him while still traing Soapy Smith to be a catcher instead of a right fielder, and train himself to be a pitcher instead of a catcher with some tips from Del Bennett State baseball coach and friend of Coach Rockwell. From the beginning Chip, Soapy, Speed Morris, and Ted Williams were enimies sith Nick and Carl Carey. Chet Stewart the assistant coach ne at once that that Nick was trying to help Carl try to beat Chip out of the lead catcher job.During the games chip called the pitches and Nick didn't even shake them off he just pitched a different pitch. Chip, Taps Browning, Soapy and Speed all went to a Spring Festival at State where they went to see their future coaches. That's where he met Del Bennett and he asked him for some pitching lessons. He asked him not to tell the rock about it and because he wanted to tell him when he was ready. Chip built a strike zone on his fence but when he got his first chance with Soapy

Chip still is a winner
Things don't change much in 50 years. This book still works with kids and adults. I like the new updates-just enough to make it contemporary. It would be a great gift for Little League friends and families. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baseball    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Fiction    5. Social Issues - General    6. Sports & Recreation - Baseball    7. Sportsmanship    8. Teamwork (Sports)   

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Critique of Lucky Dog Days
Lucky Dog Days was a fantastic book.This book is about some kids who try toassist homeless dogs and cats.So they go to a selter to nurture cats and dogs.Later they conclud to have a rummage sale. they sold dogs and other people garbage.they earned 1 thousand dallors.At the end ofthe bookthey get a puppy for a mascot.They named the puppylucky because he's lucky to to be there mascot instead of going to the pound.my favorite section of the book is when Molly keeps saying rats knees.

Critique of Lucky Dog Days
Lucky Dog Days was a fantastic book.This book is about some kids who try toassist homeless dogs and cats.So they go to a selter to nurture cats and dogs.Later they conclud to have a rummage sale. they sold dogs and other people garbage.they earned 1 thousand dallors.At the end ofthe bookthey get a puppy for a mascot.They named the puppylucky because he's lucky to to be there mascot instead of going to the pound.my favorite section of the book is when Molly keeps saying rats knees. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Animals - Dogs    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Clubs    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Readers - Beginner    9. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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Can a skateboarder become a snowboarder?
The book I'm reviewing is Snowboard Maverick by Matt Christopher. I think this book deserves four out of five stars. It is a interesting book. This book is about a boy who is great at skateboarding, but his friends want him to try snowboarding. He likes it but he gets into trouble. The problem of the story is he gets dared to go down Fords Mountain. I recommend this book to anybody who likes snowboarding.
This book was big pimpin
The book Snowboard Maverick was a very great book.It tell you about a person who loves skateboarding and whenever it snowed he couldn't skateboard cause it was too icy.So all of his friends are snowboarding adn he wants to learn how.Whenever he learns to be pretty good he is challenged buy a big bully who is a very good snowboarder.He is very scared of the bully but his parents encourage him and he takes the challenge.Whenever he showes up they go down the hill and it is the first one down the hill who wins and he beats the bully and quits skateboarding and becomes a snowboarder.Every winter when it snowes him and his friends go snowboarding.This book is one of the best books i have ever read.

Snowboard Maverick Review
Imagine the season for your favorite sport is over and you want to try a new sport, but you dont have enough money to buy what you need. In this book Snowboard Maverick by Matt Christopher this happens to one of the main characters Dennis O'malley. The other main characters are Tasha Springer and Robbie Macintyre. They're all very good friends. Dennis wants a snowboard because skateboarding season is over and he wants to try snowboarding. Of course though he doesnt have enough money to buy one. I wont tell you any more i dont want to ruin this exciting book for you.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Fiction    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Snowboarding    6. Social Issues - General    7. Sports & Recreation - Miscellaneous    8. Sports & Recreation - Winter Sports    9. Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Winter Sports   

Subjects:  1. 1965-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    4. Canada    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    6. Children: Grades 4-6    7. Hockey players    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Lemieux, Mario,    11. Sports & Recreation - Hockey    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation