This story is about a young man who goes to a vacation town to spend the summer wih his father. He's looking for answers, acceptance and love. The problem is that he works in a gay bar, and his father remains distant. Every character, including the main character, is more a sketch than a real per...
Asia’s Book ReviewTitle: Fast Company Author: Rich Wallace Rich Wallace made this delightful book Fast Company is about a boy name Manny Ramos who is the fastest kid out of the whole football team maybe even the whole school so when he hears about a recreation center were they have races every w...
I enjoyed reading “Technical Foul” by Rich Wallace. Rich Wallace has written this book about team work. I liked this book a lot, and enjoyed it because it was about basketball. Jared showed a lot of nerve the way he treated his team in the beginning of this book.This book is told from the third...
*** For anyone who loves football, this book delivers pure football action. I liked that it touched on a few other issues such as selfishness and racial comments but in a way that any grade level could read the book and find the material appropriate. The main characters are in middle school but ...
Dunk was a typical athletic 12 year old which loved Basketball. Dunk has an aunt more like his sister rebound for him when he's in a rush to do something. Dunk is such a basketball freak. When he starts to get into that drill he could work on it for several hours. An hour goes by slow in sports w...
Get ready for some amazing soccer action in Winning Season 4 It's summer in Hudson City. And for Calvin Tait and Zero Rollison, it's time to give soccer a shot. The YMCA soccer league looks like an easy way to get their feet wet and learn some technique, and once Calvin gets his foot on a ball an...
Manny's starting his first football season with the Hudson City Hornets, and he's determined to get in the game and not warm the bench. Problem is, Manny's not a big guy, and when he tries to tackle the offense, he's the one who ends up on the ground. Coach isn't too pleased, especially when the ...
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He's got two opponents in his head; how good can that be? Jenna has coolly disposed of her first three opponents and hasn't lost to anyone younger than forty for at least six months. And Pramod—hell, Zeke would have to win twice more just to face Pramod—he's got Zeke rattled as well. They both th...
There are three games every Sunday evening and two on Thursdays, so you get a bye every third Thursday or so. We show up at 6 to watch the first game: the St. Joseph’s Cardinals against First Presbyterian. Alan hands out our T-shirts; they’re yellow, with STURBRIDGE UNITED METHODIST in blue block...
“I got a game on Saturday,” I say. “Well, can’t you miss just one?” she says. “No way.” My father clears his throat. “Is it a morning game?” “No,” I say. “It’s at one.” “Hmmm,” Dad says. He turns to Mom. “It would hardly be worth going if we waited until after the game.” “Let him stay home,” Tomm...
It was baggy and long. He clapped his hands and said, “Let’s go,” but he wasn’t feeling confident. He could see his parents and Larry sitting in the bleachers with several other adults. Many of the kids from the teams who hadn’t made the play-offs were here, too. And the Rabbits were all on the o...
He slowly pumped his legs and began to glide back and forth. He looked over and saw the players in his four-square group starting their regular game. Ben played every day, but today he wasn’t in the mood. Loop was in the group, and he didn’t feel like talking to him. But Loop was staring at him. ...
Coach shouted. “Think about what he’s doing to you.” Donald squirmed and strained, but Tavo easily forced his shoulders to the mat for a pin. It was the same move the Jersey City wrestler had used to pin him the day before. A few feet away, Mario was being pinned via that same half-nelson move by...
He leaned over the sink and pried up his left nostril, examining it in the mirror. It looked dry in there. Empty. No more blood. “Danny!” Claudine called from the bottom of the stairs. “The pasta’s ready! Mom says to get down here. Now!” He pulled the note from his pocket and considered throwing ...
She leans into me at the doorway and kisses my forehead lightly. “I know you’ll make the right decision,” she says, sounding like my mom. I just shrug. I don’t know what I’m doing. I need a run. But first I need to go see Joey. I don’t know if I’m going there to talk things out or to beat him up,...
Me and Tony race to the front and get way ahead of everybody—they’re all either tired from scrimmaging or slow. But we cut the pace after one lap, running comfortably enough to talk but also fast enough so the coaches won’t yell at us. “You been working on your moves?” Tony asks. “What moves?” I ...
That’d be bad luck. He was excited now. He’d done well on this first afternoon of tryouts. The day was overcast and cool, and a few small patches of snow were still melting in the shady spots near the left-field fence. But the baseball diamond was clear and mostly dry. A trickle of sweat ran from...
Most of his cabin mates were a couple of rows below him, shoving each other and whooping and not paying any attention to the game. Barry and Vinnie were acting pretty full of themselves, having sparked a far better day for Cabin 3. They’d moved into the softball final with an 8–3 win in the morni...
The first-stringers had the ball, and Jared was fighting to get open. Fiorelli put a move on Ryan and cut toward the basket with the ball. As Ryan scrambled to recover, Jared stepped out to block his path with a screen. It looked as if Fiorelli had a clear path to the basket. At least it looked l...
The Hornets had played two games since his last report—the win over Liberty had been followed by a disappointing loss to Bayonne on Friday. Did Calvin want an article on each game or one piece that included them both?He clicked HudCityCal on his buddy list and fired off an instant message: EddieV...
He found her near the door, talking to a girl with a long dark ponytail. The girl had been at the Bobcats’ practice. “This is Shayna,” Erin said. “Hi, Shayna,” Ben said. “How did you like soccer practice?” “It was fun,” Shayna said. “I liked playing goalie.” “Do you like our coach?” Ben asked. Sh...
She worked part-time at a bank. Ben arrived at the house before she did a couple of days a week, and he hadn’t expected her to be home today. She was waiting in the kitchen as Ben walked in. “Hi, Mom!” he said, trying to sound as upbeat as he could. He walked past her and set his knapsack on the ...