Sports Stories (Story Library) - Softcover

Durant, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753453754 ISBN 13: 9780753453759

Publisher: Kingfisher, 2001

Synopsis

From baseball and basketball to show-jumping and soccer, an action-packed collection of stories about sports includes contributions by Matt Christopher, Walter Dean Myers, Enid Bagnold, and others. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Alan Durant has written many children's books, including ALWAYS AND FOREVER, which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award. Alan remembers his mother saying, "You'll turn into a baked bean one day." Now a vegetarian, he lives in Surrey, England, with his family.

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: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0753453754
• ISBN 13: 9780753453759
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224