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Game Plan

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I am an 8th grade student at Washington Middle School and a sports fanatic. I love football, and Game Plan really kept my attention. My mom had to take the book away from me so I would go to sleep.

I liked the book because the main character, Beano Hatton, went from being a "nobody" to a "hero." It showed me what believing in yourself and having a positive attitude can do. The author, Thomas J. Dygard, has written lots of sports books, and as exciting as Game Plan was to read, I am for sure going to read more of his books.

I would highly recommend this book to anybody who likes football, and also to those who like adventure stories. Game Plan really hits "pay dirt!"

Game Plan
By Thomas Dygard
Jordon Yotty
1/08/08
If you are a big fan of sports books the Game Plan, by Thomas Dygard, is one of the best that you could read. Everything is going well for Beano Hatton, when all of a sudden the Barton High School Tigers football coach is involved in a serious accident, and cant coach in the Tigers last game against the biggest rival, Carterville. Beano the team manager has to take over.
Beano is a nerd at Barton High School. He has some of the best grades in school, but isn't really liked by anyone. Beano thinks he can lead the Tigers to a win, but has to call some other coaches from around the area to ask for some help. Beano also gets to leave class to write a game plans everyday so that ha can have a successful afternoon practice.
Beano Hatton has to go through a whole week of practice with news cameras, and the fear of losing his starting quarterback. Beano handles the situation very well until, his star quarterback, Marty leaves the team. Beano has to look to his young sophomore quarterback, Dave, who has only taken about 10 snaps all year.
Beano also has to worry about what the town's people will think if he loses the big game against Carterville. Beano thinks that he can lead the Tigers to a victory. If you want to find out what Beano does in the last game, then go get the book Game Plan, by Thomas Dygard.

With the coach gone, who will coach the team for the hardest game of the season... Game Plan is about this high school football team that lost their coach before the last game and needed a coach. The team manager, Beano, stepped in to be coach. With a week to practice, Beano would lead the team to the last game.
The audience for this book is probably young teenagers. The audience is probably young teenagers because younger kids would probably not understand it, and older kids probably would not want to read it.
The writer writes with a normal tone. It isn't that confusing to read. For example, there aren't many words that you don't know, and the way he writes is easy to understand. This book kept me interested through the entire book. Everytime I picked it up to read it, I didn't want to put it down. One quote in the book was "You Coach, I'll play".
The author put the information in chronological order. He didn't put too much or too little, he put enough for it to make sense. In this book there were no pictures, or charts, but there were some facts. Some facts included scores of games, plays, and stats. The information in this book is perfect. It isn't confusing at all. All the information comes at the needed time.
In conclusion I liked the book. If you like football, or like to read good books than I would read this book. Game Plan was an overall good book.

1. Thomas, J. Dygard. (1993). Game Plan.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
2. This story is about a skinny senoir that is the student manager of the Barton High Tigers. The choach of the Tigers crashes in a terrible car accident and goes into intensive care. This leaves the pricapal to decide the new acting coach and he picks Beano, (thats what they call him and his real name is Hubert Hatten)the student manager, to coach the last game of the season against their heated rival, the Carterville Bobacts. He has to draw up a game plan and he doesn't know how because as student manager he only watched the game and he doesn't have a clue how to write a game plan or coach a game. Also the whole school is counting on him to win. Not only does he not know how to coach. He also has to deal with the jock quaterback who doesn't want to listen to the little wimpy student manager. The last thing he has to deal with is his own lack of cofidence.
3.The theme could be courage because Beano had to have courage to step up to the challenge of coaching the tigers in thier last game. He also has to stand up to the players who are twice his size.
4.I would recomend this book for my classmates becuase even though it starts slow it teaches about courage. It also shows that you can do anything if you put your mind to it.
5.Sports Fiction 8 because it started slow and the beginning was boring

Game plan, By Thomas Dygard is a dramatic sports novel that offers excellent descriptions about everything that's happening.
It all starts out when Hubert Hatton Aka: Beano, the student manager of the Barton High football team received terrible news, Coach Pritchard, the head coach for the tigers got severely injured in a car accident.
After everyone had herd about Coach Pritchard's accident, they started to wonder who was going to coach the Tigers last game of the season. Then when Beano was in class he got called up to Principal Tyler's office and Principal Tyler told Beano that he would take over as head coach for the last game of the season against the all talented Cartville Bobcats. Beano was in a state of shock.
Now Beano faced a huge task, Replacing Coach Pritchard as acting head coach for Barton High. Beano also faced another task, gaining everyone's respect who think he's a joke and couldn't possibly coach the "Big Game".
With only his parents and Principal Tyler backing Beano up, this sports novel is sure to bring an exciting ending. I highly recommend this book to any sports fanatic.

I would recommend this book to anybody who likes football. This is a story of how a student manager of a high school football team becomes head coach, when the real coach get's in a car accident. At the beginning all the players weren't sure if they were going to listen to the student manager as the coach. this how he got the players to belive in him and how he belived in himself.

I recommend this book to anyone that likes football. It is filled with friendship and excitement. For example, Marty almost broke his arm in the game and Beano would have to use Dave for quarterback. It also teaches you two lessons - always give someone another chance and always believe in yourself. Another example for friendship is between Beano and Mr. Custer. Mr. Custer taught Beano all the lessons in this novel. "I know you can coach this team Beano," Mr. Custer said. It's also amazing how in the beginning Marty hated Beano and then in the end they became great friends. Marty said this in the locker room " Your no coach Beano," in the beginning of the novel. In the end, after the game he said," We couldn't of done it with out you Beano" It's just weird that one-day you hate someone then the next, your good friends with him or her. So in conclusion, if you are into football, friendship and excitement you'll love Game Plan.

The Game Plan was a good book because it goes to show that no matter how old you are, or how tall you are you can do anything you want to do if you put your mind to it.The game plan I think is a five star book because of all the details the author gives you and all the steps that the person takes to go the distance.

The Game Plan was a good book because it goes to show that no matter how old you are, or how tall you are you can do anything you want to do if you put your mind to it.The game plan I think is a five star book because of all the details the author gives you and all the steps that the person takes to go the distance.

Hubert (Beano) Hatton is the student manager of the Barton High Tigers football team. After a victory with one game left in the season, the head coach gets in an accident and can't coach the chamionship game. The principal of the school gives Beano the coaching job. The quarterback of the team doesn't like that idea and quits. How will Beano handle the loss of the star quarterback? This is an exciting book. It isn't the best book you'll ever read, but it is pretty good. If you ever have spare time Game Plan is the book to read.