8.13.2009

Two-Minute Drill by Mike Lupica


Football, friendship, and faith in oneself are played out in this addition to Lupica’s Comeback Kids series. Sixth grader Scott loves football, but as he says, football doesn’t love him. Chris his classmate is the best player on the team, but he has a struggle of his own. The two boys develop a strong friendship and find that their individual talents, teamed with practice, can help both of them reach their potential. You won’t have to tackle your boys to read this one.
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13 comments:

  1. bm/duncanSeptember 11, 2009 at 8:27 AM

    this book was abut my favreiet sport
    well it,s abaut this kid who dose barley want to
    do anything but his dad shins him up for football
    but hes not doing so well but then he picks it
    up and he wins the chapionship

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  2. CB/HemingwayOctober 5, 2009 at 7:26 AM

    A kid following his dream. One for someone who needs an inspiration.

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  3. t.p.h/hemingwayOctober 14, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    i loved the book because scott had a talent and finnaly got to show it.i also loved it when he won the game and it was written greatly.

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  4. KDW Mrs.DyeNovember 10, 2009 at 12:18 PM

    Mike Lupica is a great author. It is a good book because it's a football book.

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  5. ap/romigNovember 17, 2009 at 8:36 AM

    I liked this because one, I like football and two, I have a lot of friends.

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  6. gmein/netardusDecember 8, 2009 at 8:27 AM

    i think this is a good book.it has so many good parts i dont know which one is the best.and i also like it because it has football and i like football even though im a girl.

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  7. SCS/HemingwayDecember 9, 2009 at 8:07 AM

    I thought Alvin Ho was funny because in one part he got stuck in a tree because his big brother said that would make him taller! that was my favorite part.

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  8. dtd/hemingwayDecember 9, 2009 at 12:31 PM

    I liked this book beacause it talks abot football and I love football.

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  9. CRB/MartinDecember 22, 2009 at 8:36 AM

    I liked this book. Because even though Scott was bad at football he won the championship for his team and made a new friend.

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  10. RDG/HemingwayJanuary 27, 2010 at 8:11 AM

    this book was very good because it talked about the sport and the boys life.
    this book was also funny.

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  11. BTR/HemingwayJanuary 28, 2010 at 7:44 AM

    I thoght that Two Minute Drill was a great book about friendship. I thoght is was cool how they helped each other get better at reading and football.

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  12. aev/hemingwayMarch 24, 2010 at 8:04 AM

    i liked this book cause i'm a big fan of football and i play football.

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  13. SCS/HemingwayMarch 31, 2010 at 8:13 AM

    I like to read about sports so this book was very good to me.

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