The Million Dollar Throw (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

by Mike Lupica, BookSource Staff (Compiler)

Overview

Thirteen-year-old quarterback nate has a chance to win a million dollars by throwing one pass through a target at halftime in the Patriots' Thanksgiving night game. And Nate's family really needs the money. The worry is more weight than Nate can bear, and it's affecting his playing for his own team. Suddenly, the boy with the golden arm is having trouble completing a pass...but can he make the one that really counts?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780606253161
Publisher:	Perfection Learning Corporation
Publication date:	04/04/2019
Series:	The Million Dollar Sports Series
Edition description:	THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	960L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Mike Lupica lives in Connecticut.

Editorial Reviews

Lupica injects plenty of suspenseful sports action into the plot and creates a cast of uniformly likable characters whose faith in teamwork and in each other ultimately earns handsome rewards for all.

Booklist

No matter how complicated things get, Nate Brodie, 13, can always count on the power and accuracy of his football arm. Until, suddenly, he can't, just when he's won the opportunity to score $1,000,000 if he can throw a football through a 20-inch hole during the televised halftime break at a Patriots game. Normally, this feat, though difficult, would be within his remarkable abilities, and he would find fun in the challenge. But tension has been building for a while, sapping his confidence, and his arm is really showing it. The recession has taken a toll on the Brodies, and Nate's family, now in financial distress, could really use the money. Nate is also upset because his adored best friend Abby is rapidly going blind. Sadly, Abby is both a perfect and perfectly unbelievable character, and the scenes with her are mawkish and icky. Still, Lupica's football action engages, and his delineation of the athlete's thought process and emotional highs and lows of competition feels visceral and real. (Fiction. 10 & up)

Kirkus Reviews

To win a million dollars all 13-year-old Nate Brodie has to do is to throw a football through a target at a Patriots half-time event. But with dad now unemployed and the family losing its house, tons of pressure rest squarely on the young man's shoulders. Now in paperback; a perfect touchdown as we head into Super Bowl season.