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Run, Billy, Run (Matt Christopher Sports Classics)

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Once there was a boy named Billy who had a very poor family.He had to run very long distances to get places. He had to run to the grocery store to get medicine and groceries. It was about 4 miles. He joined the track team. He missed a lot of days of track,because he had to work and chop down trees with his dad In track he didn't do as well as he thought he would. Billy finished in last place almost every race. One day his coach put him in the 1 mile run, and he whipped all the other racers. The very next meet he won the 1 mile race and the 2 mile race. In the 2 mile race he beat 1 of the fastest boys in the state. Finally, his dad bought a new car. They didn't have one before. I liked the book because the author made you feel like you were in the book.I would recommend this book to a child or adult. By Daniel Lahrman

My son loved this book because his name happens to be Billy. I thought it would be okay to let him read a "big boy" book. Boy was I wrong!!!!! In our home "damn" is a curse and is not used by anyone in the house. We, as parents, are trying to teach our boys many important values such as respect, charity, kindness, love, etc. We also try to enforce the use of good words and not words that reflect anger, hatred, etc. How can you as a "kids" author use language that is "bad" and offensive? So what that the world says its okay. There are many parents out in the world who teach their children not to use curse words or to listen or read articles that contain curse words.