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Touchdown Trouble
Nominee:South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award -Children's (2012)
Sam loves football. There's nothing better than the rush he gets when his team, the Cowboys, are working together--moving closer and closer to the end zone. But in a key game, the Cowboys beat their archrivals to remain undefeated, thanks to a major play by Sam. However, the celebration ends when he and his teammates make an unwelcome discovery: The winning play was illegal. Is the Cowboys' perfect season in jeopardy? Did they really deserve to win? Author Fred Bowen delivers exciting play-by-play action along with an important story of winning and losing, truth and consequences, and good sportsmanship. The afterword reveals the inspiration for this story: the controversial 1940 Cornell-Dartmouth game.
Book Details
- Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
- Publish Date: Aug 4th, 2009
- Pages: 144
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.40in - 5.20in - 0.40in - 0.25lb
- EAN: 9781561454976
- Recommended age: 07-11
- Categories: • Sports & Recreation - Football• Social Themes - Values & Virtues
About the Author
Fred Bowen was a Little Leaguer who loved to read and is still a lifelong sports fanatic. He is the author of the action-packed Fred Bowen Sports Story series, currently totaling more than twenty titles. For thirteen years, Bowen coached kids' baseball and basketball teams. He has also written a weekly sports column for kids in the Washington Post since 2000. He was a lawyer for many years before retiring to become a full-time children's book author.Bowen lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife Peggy Jackson. They have two grown children.
Praise for this book
"An excellent opportunity for a group discussion and will be a fine addition to other popular play-by-play sports chapter books." --School Library Journal "Plenty of walloping gridiron action. . . unexpectedly potent drama." --Booklist