The Captain Contest (Soccer 'Cats Series #1)

by Matt Christopher, Daniel Vasconcellos (Illustrator)

Overview

Dewey London and Bundy Neel are psyched about the new summer soccer league, until they learn about the contest to be team captain: Whoever draws the best team logo will be named captain. Should artistic Dewey enter even though Bundy would make a better captain?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316095327
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	12/19/2009
Series:	Soccer 'Cats Series , #1
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Lexile:	560L (what's this?)
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Matt Christopher is the best selling name behind more than 100 sports-themed books for young readers.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 2-3-When two 10-year-old friends sign up for a summer soccer league, they discover there is a contest to name and design logos for the teams. The winners will become captains and their designs, part of the uniforms. Bundy is a natural leader but not a good artist. Dewey can draw well but wants nothing to do with being in charge, yet plans to enter anyway. When he finally lets his friend know, Bundy is upset. Nothing too suspenseful takes place in this beginning chapter book. In fact, the outcome is evident immediately-Dewey arranges for Bundy to be captain of the Soccer 'Cats even though it's his logo that wins. The plot is neither interesting nor realistic. The book is illustrated with a few black line drawings. All in all, this posthumous publication is not up to Christopher's previous standards.-Kate Kohlbeck, Randall School, Waukesha, WI Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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