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Long Arm Quarterback: A New Football Team Sparks an Old Rivalry
Contributor(s): Christopher, Matt (Author)

ISBN: 0316105627 ISBN-13: 9780316105620
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

OUR PRICE: $10.44

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 1999
Annotation: Cap Wadell loves football; unfortunately, living in a rural town of 1,223 people makes putting together a team a little difficult. His grandfather suggests that Cap organize a local six-man team and play with other surrounding small towns. Recruiting players, finding uniforms, locating a field to play on, and securing a rule book are all easily done, but one major problem remains -- who is going to coach this team? Cap thinks his grandfather is perfect for the job, but trouble strikes when another grandfather thinks Cap's grandfather is playing favorites by putting Cap at quarterback. An old-time rivalry is about to heat up again as the grandfathers battle it out off the field and Cap and the other grandson battle it out on field. As the generations clash, nobody is exactly sure who will succeed and play the coveted quarterback position. Who in the end will prevail?

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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Football
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 99026049

Age Level: 8-12

Grade Level: 3-7

Lexile Measure: 760(Not Available)

Series: New Matt Christopher Sports Library

Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.06" W x 7.45" L (0.18 lbs) 144 pages

Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
- Demographic Orientation - Small Town

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 75 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 75 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 34971
Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

Cap Wadell loves football, but it seems unlikely that he'll ever get to play on a real team-his hometown is so small that there aren't enough boys in his school to fill a regulation squad. Then his grandfather tells him how he solved that same problem years before: He and his schoolmates started a six-man football league. If Cap wants to do the same thing, Grandpa will be happy to help. He'll even coach the team if the league gets off the ground. It does, and soon Cap and his friends are learning the rules of six-man football. Cap is in competition for the starting quarterback spot with Jimmy Cash, but that's not a problem. What is a problem is that Grandpa and Jimmy's grandfather have reignited an old football feud. When their rivalry starts to affect the team, Cap wonders if the team will survive. For a complete list of all of Matt Christopher's titles, please turn to the last pages of this book.

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