Football loving boys will probably enjoy this book. I did not! In fact, I am not finishing it. I do not have much schema for football so my interest waned quickly.
The two main characters, Stevie and Susan Carol, are fourteen year old sports journalists. They attend professional games and write articles about them. They usually stumble upon something suspicious and report it, causing them to "get into trouble".
This book requires a lot of "check for understanding" as the book begins at the day of the game and then flashes back to about a week before the game. The chapters also switch from Stevie and Susan's points of view continuously. Lots of characters are introduced too so the reader has to keep track of all of them.
Points to discuss/warning: A romance is developing between Stevie and Susan Carol; an adult swears on pg. 12 (h).
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