Red Zone - Rilegato

Barber, Tiki; Barber, Ronde

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ISBN 10: 1416968601 ISBN 13: 9781416968603

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman, 2010

Riassunto

Finally the playoffs are in sight and everyone is playing at the top of their game. But what are these red spots that seem to be going around? Chicken pox? It can't be!

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Recensione:

Tiki and Ronde are eighth graders hoping for a run to the state championships. However, football fever has hit Hidden Valley Junior High School—literally, in the form of chicken pox—and when players start coming down with the pox, Tiki and Ronde fear the worst: If they get sick, what will the team do without its best athletes? Along with the usual sports messages of teamwork, hard work, keeping the faith, dreams and picking yourself up when you don’t succeed, the novel adds didacticism and narcissism to the mix. Still, lots of football action, an exuberant use of exclamation points and a plot that runs like a footrace for the end zone will keep credulous young readers flying through the pages. (Kirkus Reviews)

In the fourth book of the football series that began with Kickoff (2007), the Eagles junior-high team
struggles through the playoffs as the players battle their community’s high expectations as well as chicken pox. Twins Tiki and Ronde each miss a game, but team members step up when the Eagles take the field, eventually playing in the state championship. Like the earlier books, this one emphasizes good values and teamwork on and off the field, but readers who come to the book looking for play-by-play football action will find plenty here, beginning with Kadir Nelson’s cover illustration. (Booklist)

L'autore:

Tiki Barber is a record-holding retired running back for the New York Giants. He married and is the father of four children.

Ronde Barber is a record-holding cornerback who retired after fifteen seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is one of only two cornerbacks selected to the Pro Bowl five times. He is married with two daughters.

Paul Mantell is the author of more than 100 books for young readers, including books in the Hardy Boys and Matt Christopher series.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1416968601
• ISBN 13: 9781416968603
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 159