Soccer Scoop: Who's making a fool of Mac?

by Matt Christopher, The #1 Sports Writer for Kids (Illustrator)

Overview

Mac Williams, goalie for the Cougars, is known as much for his upbeat game chatter as for his outstanding saves. But when an anonymous artist starts making fun of him with a weekly cartoon, Mac is anything but upbeat. To make matters worse, he suspects that somebody close to him is the cartoonist. Would one of his friends really betray him-or is there someone else who wants to make him look ridiculous?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316188968
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	01/01/1998
Series:	Matt Christopher Sports Classics , #57
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	199,491
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	710L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Matt Christopher is the best selling name behind more than 100 sports-themed books for young readers.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 3-5When a cartoon appears in the school newspaper making fun of Mac's "motor mouth," the boy tries to find out who is responsible. This is one of Christopher's typical play-by-play sports stories with an upbeat ending and simple vocabulary and sentence structure. However, the plot is not particularly memorable. Mac has the bravado and confident personality often necessary for a successful goalie, but with all of his bragging, readers will wonder how he has any friends. Conversation between characters doesn't ring true and slang such as "You look spiffy" or the reference to a girl getting all "dolled up" for a dance sounds like phrases from the `40s or `50s rather than the `90s. Consider this for purchase only if more sports stories by Christopher are needed.Blair Christolon, Prince William Library, Manassas, VA

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