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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 asoccer game.A hat trick is when one player on a soccer team scores threegoals in one game.Stookie wants to be like his brother.In the nextsoccer 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

Subjects:  1. Brothers    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Soccer    8. Sports & Recreation - General    9. Teamwork (Sports)    10. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Chapter Books    11. Sporting stories   

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Exciting
The gang piles onto the bus and heads to Florida. They have the perfect dreams and are hoping to make it to the finals at the Ice Palace home of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The coaches have planned a fun trip as they are going to WDW. Nish ends up seeing to many thigns with his x-ray glasses. The Screech Owls have uncovered a plot to terrorize all of America. Can they stop it in time? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Fiction    5. Florida    6. Hockey    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories    9. Mystery and detective stories    10. Social Issues - General    11. Sports & Recreation - Hockey    12. Terrorism    13. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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Hey It's Penlty Shot
Do you think sports are cool? You will change your mind when you read Matt Christopher's Penalty shot. This book is about a boy named Jeff and his team. They start as a team that loses every game and think their very bad. Penalty Shot
Would you like to play hockey and then get bumped off the team?This happens in Matt Christopher's story Penalty Shot.A person named Jeff was a hockey player, he got bumped off the team last year.He is trying out for the team again this year.Wait till you see what happens!I thought this was a great book, because I love hockey!I think anyone would like this book!

Great messages for kids
Just read this book with my 6 year old hockey player...he loved it for the hockey action, and I loved it for the messages it sent about teamwork and friendship and overcoming fears.This is a terrific book for a youngathlete. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Fiction    4. Hockey    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Mystery and detective stories    7. Mystery fiction    8. Social Issues - General    9. Sports & Recreation - Hockey    10. Sports & Recreation - Miscellaneous    11. Sports & Recreation - Winter Sports    12. Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Winter Sports   

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Mystery at Lake Placid - a 32 year old reader
I enjoyed this book alot. Although I am 32 years old, I still enjoy reading the stuff that kids today read. I think it was definitely worth the read.

Thank you Mr MacGregor
My older boys love this series!My oldest has been playing travel hockey for 10 years (he's 17).He started reading the Screech Owls when he was 10 years old, but when our 2nd son started reading them several years ago, and newer stories were written, I'd catch Nicholas reading them, too (literally only taking minutes to polish it off!).Our 2nd boy doesn't play hockey (golf and tennis), but he truly enjoys the series.He already put all the news Screech Owl books on his Christmas list for this year. Good young book
This book is great for children playing hockey and want to hear what the Screech Owls are doing. There is also a show of The Screech Owls. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Fiction    5. Hockey    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories    8. Mystery and detective stories    9. Sports & Recreation - Hockey    10. Sports & Recreation - Winter Sports    11. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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Great skater, average biography
Tara Lipinski is a wonderful skater, but this biography does not begin to do her justice.It is filled with errors that could have been easily corrected by either having an editor who knows something about skating or watching a videotape of the performances in question.Even the photos are nothing special.For a better book about Tara's career, try her autobiography, Triumph on Ice.Skip this one.

Feels Like You're There
On the Ice with Tara Lipinski is a great book.The author is Matt Christopher.He is a great writer.When I read this book I felt like I was there watching Tara skate on the ice.It was a great book and still is.So, whoever is looking for a sports book, this is the one for you to read!

A great book!
When tara was two she saw her first olympics on tv but at the age of four she being to take tiny tot roller skating lessons. Tara was very good also at roller hockey . When tara was six she being ice skating and tara loved it. Tara also stayed with roller skating but soon had to quit and her family moved to texes where they gave her a pony named Moonray . Tara loved her pony and rode him but he cost to much and her parents soon gave him up. When Tara was eleven she started going to competitons and won a lot she beated stars like Michelle Kwan. And in 1998 in winter Tara, fifteen, won the gold medal at the Olympics . Taras brilliant smile was always lighting up the ice rink. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1982-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    4. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    6. Children: Grades 4-6    7. Figure skaters    8. Ice skaters    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Lipinski, Tara,    12. Skaters    13. Sports & Recreation - Winter Sports    14. United States    15. Women figure skaters    16. Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation    17. Lipinski, Tara   

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I G's book review
My book is called Pitchers Duel by Coach Clair Bee. This book is about an high school all star player who learns that there are bullies who can bring people down. There were bullies that didn't like the coach and wanted to suspend Chip to make their team lose state. The bullies poured things on the coach who is Rockwell and Chip wanted to save him, so he got into a fight and got suspended. Then once the suspension was over, the bullies had to think of another plan to set on Chip. So they forged Chip's contract that he got to prevent him to play in the playoffs. Chip went to the police to prove that he didn't sign it. Finally, he came back in the championship game to play the 10th inning through the 19th. They lost that game and then Rockwell retired.
A Real Pitching Duel
This Chip Hilton book was so good to read that I didn't want to finish the last page.I'm glad there are lots of other titles to read by Coach Bee. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Baseball    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Coaches (Athletics)    5. Fiction    6. High schools    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Religious - Christian    9. School & Education    10. Schools    11. Sports & Recreation - Basketball    12. Sports & Recreation - General    13. Leadership   

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Great for All Sports Fans!
A Pass and a Prayer is a great book to read for all sports fans. It's fiction, but it's realistic fiction. Also, if you like this one, you should read the rest of the series by Coach Clair Bee. THis book is number 5. It's also about high school football. So, if you go to high school football games and enjoy them, you will probabally like this book. As you can see, this book is great for sports fans. Especially football fans!

Best book in the series
I have read just about all of the 20+ volumes in the Hilton series and this has always been my favorite.In addition to being good sports stories, Chip always had to overcome some evil forces to triumph in the end.The evil is so strong in this story, that I want to punch the air in satisfaction when Chip wins out - no matter how many times I have read the book.If you are new to the series, however, I would suggest you start with the first story - "Touchdown Pass" - and go from there.

Good But Not the Original
This volume seems to be one of the favorites of Chip Hilton fans everywhere. The forces of evil mobilized against Chip are particularly bad and the final scene actually a bit violent (well, at least by the standardsof fifty years ago). Read and see how far we, as a people, have fallen inhalf a century. Of course, better still, read the original. The currentedition has been updated to satisfy the dogmas of feminism and the clichesof youth culture. Gosh, doesn't anyone getthat it was those very forceswhich destroyed the world of Chip and Coach Rockwell and gave us America of1999?! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - Religious    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Fiction    4. Football    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Religious - Christian    7. Social Issues - General    8. Sports & Recreation - Basketball    9. Sports & Recreation - General    10. Sportsmanship    11. Leadership   

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Snowboard Showdown By: ???
This Book Rocks
I love this book because I love snowboarding.In this book, two brothers have a contest to see who is better at snowboarding.Freddie and Donovan tease each other a lot.Donovan won't admit that Freddie is a better athlete. Freddie and his friends all think that he is better than Donovan.I also liked this book because the brothers play pig and I love to play pig.This book is exciting because you don't really know what happens next, things sort of pop out at you when you don't really expect it.You should read this book because it has action and is fun.
book review by Gunnar Wainwright
I liked this book because it was about snowboarding.Well snowboarding is my favorite sport.I rate this book5 stars for people who like snowboarding.It is about a halfpipe contest. Read it to find out who wins. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Brothers    2. Brothers and sisters    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Family - Siblings    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Snowboarding    9. Social Issues - General    10. Sports & Recreation - Winter Sports    11. Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Winter Sports   

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da bomb" gretzky"
I thought this book was sweet.I liked it because it told me about his life and how he would play hockey with kids twice his age and still get goals.It said how he would win Stanley Cups and Art Ross trophys(a highest goalscorer of the year).Ialso liked it because it wasn't very long.

Thie was a great book about the greatest player in hockey!
This book was very good. It told about Wayne Gretzkys life, his stats and how great he really was. Thats why his nick name is the Great One. He set more than 61 records and has set untouchable ones. This is one of the best sport books ever made.

outstanding
it really taught you that he didnt have the best lif ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1961-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    4. Canada    5. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    6. Children: Grades 3-4    7. Gretzky, Wayne,    8. Hockey players    9. Juvenile literature    10. Gretzky, Wayne   

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Chip does it again
Chip is the bravest, most talented kid ever.He goes to a steel plant in a town hes never been to. He plays on a baseball team where everone is older than him, all when he finds his first crush. Bee really put Chip to the test in this one, ... It all starts when the Rock sends Chip to this summer league baseball team. The owner of the team and the company Chip works and plays for is Rockwells friend Mr.Armstrong. Chip gets a crush on Armstrongs daughter Peggy. ... But in baseball hes having trouble. ... They always say stuff to him about it, so one day he shows his stuff ...

Chip has a love interest
Peggy Armstrong is about as close as Chip gets to being interested in girls in these early Chip Hilton books, but she is a match for him. Too bad he has to go back to Valley Falls at the end of the book. He could havebeen manager, star and gotten the girl, too. Good reading for allkids--girls included. ... Read more

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

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    2. Children's stories, American    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Computers    5. Fiction    6. Mystery and detective stories    7. Social Situations - General    8. Softball   

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A fast biography of a speedster!
Jeff Gordon is one of the lucky ones who found his passion at an early age - took to it & never looked back. A fast biography of a speedster!
Jeff Gordon is one of the lucky ones who found his passion at an early age - took to it & never looked back.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1971-    2. Automobile racing drivers    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - General    5. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    6. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    7. Children: Grades 4-6    8. Gordon, Jeff,    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Sports & Recreation - Motor Sports    12. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    13. United States    14. Gordon, Jeff    15. Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation   

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Chip is awesome
This series, this book inparticular, is really special.IT has problems, controversy and excitement.For anyone, any age, read this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Basketball    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. NCAA Basketball Tournament    7. Religion - Bible - Stories    8. Religious - Christian    9. Social Issues - General    10. Sports & Recreation - General    11. Sportsmanship    12. Universities and colleges   

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It was good but could be better
Shining Star
Great book!
On the Court with Kobe Bryant is definetly the best book I have ever read. It gives a complete biography about Kobe`s whole life. It also includes many picture pages of Kobe inside. You should buy this book and you will be happy!

Bio of Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant maybe one of the youngest basketball players in the NBA. He is the son of Joe"Jeallybean" Bryant, a basketball player and star of various European teams. Kobe's childhood watching professional basketball games made him pick up a basketball for the first time. He was learning how to shoot and dribble. His basketball education was a unique combination of lessons on basic fundamentals, one-on-one game against his dad, and keen observation and analysis of the world's best players. Kobe learned his lesson well, and at age 18 he was given the chance to prove it. He was drafted into the NBA when he was fresh out of high school. Kobe showed that he had the talent and the heart to make it in the pros. From one out of five, I rate this book a five because it made me want to play basketball.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1978-    2. African Americans    3. Basketball players    4. Biography    5. Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage    6. Biography & Autobiography - People of Color    7. Biography & Autobiography - Sports & Recreation    8. Bryant, Kobe,    9. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    10. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    11. Children: Grades 4-6    12. Juvenile Nonfiction    13. Juvenile literature    14. Sports & Recreation - Basketball    15. United States    16. Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation   

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Murder at Hockey Camp
The Screech Owls travel to cottage country for summer hockey camp. The owner is a bully and Muck has to tell him not to mess with the Screech Owls. The next morning a body is found in the boathouse. Muck is being blamed. What are the Screech Owls going to do?

Murder At hockey Camp
Travis,Nish and Sarah are Stuned when they find a Dead body of Buddy'O Riley when Muck is framed for murder. A very snecky story for readers 10+ especially for hockey fans . I give this book and series a 5 out of 5 ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Camps    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Fiction    6. Hockey    7. Hockey stories    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories    10. Mystery and detective stories    11. Sports & Recreation - Hockey    12. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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

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Buyer Beware:Inappropriate for young readers!
I am very disappointed in the Auther and Amazon for the inclusion of adult themes in what appeared to be a safe and age appropriate Hockey themed series for young readers. Very Exciting
This book kept me turning the pages I was so excited about how Roy MacGregor uses suspense in his novels and this one is no different. Very good read.

Good
This is one of the good Screech Owl books. I would recomend i to anyone so go and but it today. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Fiction    5. Hockey    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories    8. Mystery and detective stories    9. Sports & Recreation - Hockey    10. Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / General   

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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. 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 enjoyreading the book with an adult. My 6 and 7 year old boys loved this bookand are eager to read the next book (they are not big reading fans, so Iwas happy to support the reading habit by getting the entire series forthem). Read more

Subjects:  1. Baseball    2. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Fiction    5. Social Issues - General    6. Social Situations - General    7. Sports & Recreation - Baseball    8. Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / Africa   

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Basic
This book was the not the greatest if you have athletes in your classes.The games were general, some of them would be no fun to use.They certainly are not lead-up games, they are simply games teaching no fundementals of sports.

Easy to use!
***************************************************************** An excellent book which provides ready to use activities.
Guy Bailey provides the physical education teacher as well as the classroom teacher with a complete and comprehensive guide that presents sports lead-up games for over 150 game activities. They are user friendlyand the book is very organized and easy to use. My students have reallyenjoyed these lead-up games. I highly recommend this book. It can also be agreat tool for substitutes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Activity programs    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Physical Education    5. Physical education for childre    6. Physical education for children    7. Sports for children    8. Study and teaching    9. Children's sports    10. Elementary Physical Education    11. Sports & Recreation    12. General    13. Games   

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A GREAT book!
I really enjoyed this book -- especially how Chip helps Bobby Bollinger with basketball skills and in getting along with his older brother.I recommend this book to everyone. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Basketball    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Religious - Christian    7. Sports & Recreation - Basketball    8. Sports & Recreation - General    9. Leadership