Halfback Attack (Matt Christopher Sports Classics) (Paperback)

by Matt Christopher (Author) "The warm Saturday morning sun beat down on the fans filling the bleachers that lined one side of the eighty-yard football field..." (more)
Key Phrases: right halfback, whistle shrilled, double reverse, Coach Sears, Dick Connors, Art Neeley (more...)

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Product Description
Freddie Chase is one of the best halfbacks on the squad, but he's got one problem . . . he's afraid to tackle! Will he be able to overcome this fear, or will it bench him? Illustrated.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers; 1st pbk. ed edition (November 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316137952
• ISBN-13: 978-0316137959
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #97,793 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Crakerjack Halfback Review, March 20, 2003

A Kid's Review

The book Crackerjack Halfback by Matt Christopher is about a boy named Freddie Chase who is a football player.Freddies problem is he is scared to tackle.Freddie plays on the team called the Sandpipers and they're fighting to finish in first place.His coach named Coach Sears and his team mates are depending him.I've played football for five years and I can relate to Freddies touchdown experiences.I remember my coach yelling at me like Freddie's coach did to him.My practices were hard like his.

I like the book because its about football.My favorite parts were the games he played in.I would not change the ending of the book or its ending because it all work out for eveybody in the end.

I would recommend this book to another person because its about football.The type of person who would like this book is a person who likes football like me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Crakerjack Halfback Review, March 20, 2003

By	Leon (Hollywood, fl United States) - See all my reviews

The book Crackerjack Halfback by Matt Christopher is about a boy named Freddie Chase who is a football player.Freddies problem is he is scared to tackle.Freddie plays on the team called the Sandpipers and they're fighting to finish in first place.His coach named Coach Sears and his team mates are depending him.I've played football for five years and I can relate to Freddies touchdown experiences.I remember my coach yelling at me like Freddie's coach did to him.My practices were hard like his.
I like the book because its about football.My favorite parts were the games he played in.I would not change the ending of the book or its ending because it all work out for eveybody in the end.
I would recommend this book to another person because its about football.The type of person how would like this book is a person how likes football like me.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Crackerjack Halfback, February 14, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Crackerjack Halfback (School & Library Binding)

Crackerjack Halfback
By: Matt Christopher


The book I read was Crackerjack Halfback. The author is Matt Christopher. A boy on the football team named Freddie Chase is having a problem. Freddie's problem is that he is afraid to tackle. Freddie knows he has to suck up his fear or he will lose his position. Now they are in a position and need to win and Freddie missed some tackles. Coach Sears knows he has to take him out of the game. Now Freddie has to try hard to gain his spot back. Wonder if he can over come that fear. I would recommend this book to kids that are worried about fears or problems they have and want to over come their problem or fear. Also kids that are truly in love with football.