Sports Stories - Softcover

Alan Durant

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753403366 ISBN 13: 9780753403365

Publisher: Kingfisher, 2000

Synopsis

This collection of stories is aimed at young sports enthusiasts. It includes over 20 stories covering a wide variety of international sports from soccer and horse riding to go-karting and swimming.

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About the Author

Alan Durant is an established children's author who has written several books for young adults as well as fiction for young children, picture books and poetry. He has previously compiled Red Hot Reads: Vampire Stories for Kingfisher. He lives in Surrey. David Kearney, a talented black-and-white line artist with particular expertise in sports provides a full-page, action-packed illustration for each story.

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-9-A compendium of 21 previously published stories by authors from the United States, Great Britain, and New Zealand. There's enough variety here to please every sort of sports fan-soccer, tennis, track and field, cross-country, equestrian, basketball, kart racing, swimming, hockey, football, and more. Traditionalists will enjoy extracts from Durant's retelling of The Iliad, Matt Christopher's Wingman on Ice (Little, Brown, 1993), and Enid Bagnold's National Velvet. The selections aren't just about sports; they include themes of racism, friendship, respect, death, peer pressure, loyalty, and self-esteem. Philippa Pearce's "The Running Companion," Durant's "On Top of the World," Will Weaver's "Stealing for Girls," Malorie Blackman's "Contact," and Bill Naughton's "Spit Nolan" make excellent read-alouds. Readers can skip around easily until they discover a story to their liking. A solid addition to short-story collections.
Michael McCullough, Byron-Bergen Middle School, Bergen, NY
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About this edition

• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0753403366
• ISBN 13: 9780753403365
• Binding: Paperback