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

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

Overview

Mac is the best goalie on his soccer team -- and he's not afraid to let everyone know it. Then somebody on the school newspaper creates a new comic strip that caricatures Mac and his performance on and off the field. Mac wants to put a stop to it, but no one seems to know who the cartoonist is. He thinks it must be someone on the soccer team itself, because the strip is too tightly connected to the team for it to be an outsider. But his suspicions lead to one dead end after another. Can he discover who the artist is before the comic strip gets out of hand?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316049160
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	11/16/2008
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	976,731
Lexile:	710L (what's this?)
File size:	239 KB
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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