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Touchdown Kid

Green, Tim

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HarperCollins

Annotation: Cory has always been passionate about football--but life for him and his single mom has made it difficult for him to play. When the coach from a top prep school program recognizes his talents, Cory sees his chance.

Genre: [Sports fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #170028

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Publisher: HarperCollins

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 09/25/18

Pages: 313 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-06-229386-9 Perma-Bound: 0-7804-2901-X

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-06-229386-2 Perma-Bound: 978-0-7804-2901-7

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2017938991

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Football players. Fiction.
Best friends. Fiction.
Friendship. Fiction.
Scholarships. Fiction.
Private schools. Fiction.
Schools. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book

Sixth grader Cory, a promising running back from a rough Irish neighborhood, receives his injured best friend's football scholarship to a private school. When he is a suspect in a break-in, Cory is determined to be more than a kid from the wrong side of the tracks. Despite the predictable plot, the brisk pace and lively descriptions of game play will drawn in readers.

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Horn Book

Word Count: 61,314

Reading Level: 4.6

Interest Level: 3-6

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.6 / points: 9.0 / quiz: 191344 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:4.4 / points:14.0 / quiz:Q71788

Lexile: 710L

From New York Times bestselling author and former NFL defensive end Tim Green comes a football story about a boy who is given a chance to prove that wealth and privilege don’t matter on the football field, as long as he has the skills to compete. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica!

Cory has always been passionate about football. But life for him and his single mom has been hard, making it difficult for Cory to play. And though Cory is a good kid, he’s constantly surrounded by negative influences. But when the coach from an elite private school with one of the best football programs in the country recognizes his talents on the field, Cory is presented with an unbelievable opportunity.

Cory knows that football could be his ticket out. But leaving to attend private school also means struggling to fit into a world where most people look at him and just see a scholarship kid from the wrong side of town. Cory knows that if he can fight hard enough—both on and off the field—he may be able to secure a bright future that looks different from his unpromising past.

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