The Million Dollar Goal (Turtleback)

by Dan Gutman (Author) "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to LHL 3000..." (more)
Key Phrases: million dollar goal, lucky fan, plastic ice, Molson Centre, Miss Dunn, Elvis Presley (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6-An enjoyable sports story about 11-year-old fraternal twins Dusk and Dawn and an opportunity to win a million dollars by shooting a goal after a Montreal Canadiens hockey game. The prologue, told in a dialogue, consists of an argument between the siblings concerning who will tell the story best. Ultimately, Dawn narrates, with occasional humorous interjections from Dusk. She describes how they help their colorful and feisty grandmother practice daily to make the prize-winning shot. Gutman does an admirable job of showing how the children develop empathy and an appreciation for the 80-year-old woman who often embarrasses them by cussing ("bleeping") or farting in front of their friends. Readers who make it past the prologue will be surprised at the twists and turns in the plot. Purchase for hockey fans and where the author's Million Dollar Shot (1997) and Million Dollar Kick (2001, both Hyperion) are popular.
Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA
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Product Description
Twins Dawn and Dusk Rosenberg live for hockey and worship the Montreal Canadiens. But their dad hates the game, and their crotchety, foul-mouthed grandmother thinks the twins should be doing homework and chores instead of wasting their time shooting pucks. When Dawn and Dusk's dad gets the family tickets to the next Canadiens game, they can't believe their luck. They're even more psyched when they hear about the million dollar goal contest. A randomly chosen fan will get the chance to shoot a goal to win one million dollars. Could this be the beginning of a dream come true for Dawn and Dusk-or the biggest humiliation of their lives? Dan Gutman scores again with this funny book about family, hockey, and million dollar hopes. Oh, and Elvis Presley. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Turtleback: 167 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media (April 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606334440
• ISBN-13: 978-0606334440
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Million Dollar Goal, December 9, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Million Dollar Goal, The (Hardcover)

Twins Dawn and Dusk Rosenburg live for hockey and worship the Montreal Canadians. But their dad hates the game and their foul-mouthed grandmother thinks the twins should be doing homework and chores instead of wasting time shooting pucks.
When Dawn and Dusk's dad gets the family tickets to the next Canadians game, they cant believe their luck. I think this is the book for sports fans. I give it two thumbs up. This book will make you laugh and cry. I love this book. Dan Gutman describes the characters superbly.
I like this book because every second there's excitement. There's a lot of twists and turns in this book. I suggest you read this book unless you don't like action, comedy, excitement, and sports. I mean who wouldn't like that? This is one of Dan Gutman's million dollar books.

4.0 out of 5 stars KCS Reveiw, May 14, 2008

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Million Dollar Goal (Hardcover)

How would you feel if you were very close to winning a shot at a million dollars, but instead of picking you they choose your ancient grandmother to take that shot? The setting of this book is in Montreal Canada and the main characters are Dawn and Dusk Rosenberg. They are two twins who are obsessed with the game of hockey and their favorite team, the Montreal Canadians. Their dad isn't a huge fan of the game and their grandmother Oma thinks they should be spending their time more wisely, like doing homework than hitting a puck into a net.
One day their dad gets them tickets to a Montreal Canadians game. They go into the parking lot and help Oma into her wheelchair to roll her into the stadium when Dusk sees a flyer by the entrance that reads, "Million Dollar Goal contest tonight", but he thought it was no big deal, and their dad told them it was rigged anyway. They stay till the drawing just to see if they had a chance to shoot the puck in the goal for a million dollars. The light turns on them, and then they find out that...Oma got picked! When they see that Oma was asleep the whole time they want to just keep it a secret from her thinking that she doesn't know what happened. When they get home, right before Oma goes to sleep, she comes out and says "Oh, by the way.... I'm gonna take that shot."
There are some problems along the way, like managers, learning how to play hockey, and some people that are messing with Oma. The main idea of this book is that sometimes you only get one chance in life and you need to go for it. The meaning of the title is "The Million Dollar Goal" because that is what the contest is called and they are shooting for one million dollars.

The pacing of the book was fast, but very detailed. Throughout the book main characters, Dusk and Dawn are telling the story. I think this book is in a Christian perspective because it doesn't talk about other religions or things like Christianity being false. I have read Dan Gutman's book last year called," The Million Dollar Shot". They had a similar theme and story. I would recommend this book to people in fifth and sixth grade. It was a little easy for me to read, but I think older readers would get a deeper understanding of it. I rate this book a 4 out of 5 stars.

5.0 out of 5 stars We laughed so hard, our faces hurt!, March 26, 2007

By	The Lady in Redd (Westbury, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Million Dollar Goal, The (new cover) (Paperback)

If you want to get your child interested in reading, this is the book to do it. I read to my son every night at bedtime. I was given a Dan Gutman book called The Million Dollar Strike (which I also whole heartedly recommend). We enjoyed that so much that I ordered all of "The Million Dollar" book titles. While they are all wonderful, this one is by far the funniest. While I was reading one of the chapters to my son, I laughed so hard that I couldn't go on for a minute. When we attempted to re-read that chapter to my husband, we were laughing too hard to complete the sentence. Grandma "Oma" in the book is the character who makes this book hilarious. She is foul mouthed (all the curses are printed as "bleepity bleep" so don't worry) and she farts a lot and there comes a time when that comes to the kids aid with bullies believe it or not! At first they are embarassed by her, but they grow to treasure her as you will. Without giving anything away, I will say it is sad in one part and moved us to tears, but quickly turned it around and made us smile again. I truly recommend this book to anyone of any age. My son and I have read this book together 3 times already and now he is reading it on his own to his friends. I can hear them laughing down the hall when they are reading it. Buy it, you won't regret it.