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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Matthew F. Christopher was born on August 16, 1917, in Bath, Pa. He was the oldest of nine children and a talented athlete, playing baseball, football and soccer in high school. He became interested in writing at the age of 14 and in 1940 had his first story published in a detective magazine. He began writing children's books in the mid 1950's with the publication of THE LUCKY BASEBALL BAT (Little, Brown and Company).
Christopher became well-known for his sports fiction novels for children with over 130 titles bearing his name. He was awarded numerous writing honors from state organizations as well as the 1993 Milner Award. Besides books, he had about 275 short stories and articles published in over 65 children and adult magazines over the years. He is considered America's best selling sports book author.
Matt Christopher and his wife Cay were the parents of four children and the grandparents of ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He died in 1997 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Christopher became well-known for his sports fiction novels for children with over 130 titles bearing his name. He was awarded numerous writing honors from state organizations as well as the 1993 Milner Award. Besides books, he had about 275 short stories and articles published in over 65 children and adult magazines over the years. He is considered America's best selling sports book author.
Matt Christopher and his wife Cay were the parents of four children and the grandparents of ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He died in 1997 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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This review is from: Long Arm Quarterback: A New Football Team Sparks an Old Rivalry (Matt Christopher Sports Classics) (Paperback)
Cap decided to make a man football league but someone wanted to take his spot so he told his granpa (coach of the team), then granpa let both of them play.I agree with the author about this book. My favorite part was when Cap and Jimmy both try to be quaterback. I liked it because the author showed how each character feeled. Iwould recommend this book anyone who likes football because this book is a story based on football.
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It was a very good book,
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This review is from: Long Arm Quarterback: A New Football Team Sparks an Old Rivalry (Matt Christopher Sports Classics) (Paperback)
The book that I read was very good it is about a kid by the name of cap wadell who love to play to play football and cap is in a little competition with jimmy cash for starting quarterback. but the real problemis ggranpa and jimmys grandfatherhave reignited an old football feud. and it start to affect the team
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Decent,
By YulBeBlue (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Long Arm Quarterback: A New Football Team Sparks an Old Rivalry (Matt Christopher Sports Classics) (Paperback)
I thought this book was decent. I do love that the book shows the way kids become football stars. If you have that same dream, this is a good book to get advice about making your dream come true. But I think that the action that went on in this book was not enough to make me excited. I would have liked to have seen more interesting things happening in the book. It would have been nice to have the kids go through tryouts to make the team, clutch endings to some of the games, and some players having to play through injuries. If I were to have written this book, I would have made it more like the movie "The Blind Side" where a person struggles and then rises to the top. But overall I enjoyed the book.
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The football flew in a smooth arc with no wobble at all. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
clear pass, short pass, pass play, running play Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sable Cash, Bee Town, Vernon Dewey, Cowpen Panthers, Sam Dracus, Fritz Marconi, Jimmy Cash, Steve Flynn, Baird Hoskins, Gabe Muñoz, Mick Avery, Vince Avery New!
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The football flew in a smooth arc with no wobble at all. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
clear pass, short pass, pass play, running play Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sable Cash, Bee Town, Vernon Dewey, Cowpen Panthers, Sam Dracus, Fritz Marconi, Jimmy Cash, Steve Flynn, Baird Hoskins, Gabe Muñoz, Mick Avery, Vince Avery New!
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- The Diamond Champs (Matt Christopher Sports Classics) by Matt Christopher in Back Matter
- The Fox Steals Home (Matt Christopher Sports Classics) by Matt Christopher in Back Matter
- Football Fugitive (Matt Christopher Sports Classics) by Matt Christopher in Back Matter
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