Customer Reviews

Motocross Mike

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This book will definitely hold your interest as their are many subplots to build tension in the story. Not only does the detail of the actual motocross races hold you in suspense but the ultimate decision that Mike and his mother must make is a familiar crisis for many teens. This book is a must for motocross enthusiasts and will be an enjoyable read for anyone who is interested in young adult fiction. As a reading specialist I will be recommending this book to my reluctant male readers at middle school level.

As a literacy volunteer I saw how hard it is to entice young boys for whom reading is still a challenge to pick up a book. Motocross Mike's adventures on the track should do the trick.

Retired elementary school principal, Charles Loomis knows his sport and knows his kids. Motocross Mike deals with the stuff that keeps young readers revved and ready to read -- trouble with Mom, trouble with a bully, a little danger and great friends playing hard together. An excellent choice for the middle school reader.

This is a great book. My 12 year old son, who fights us when it comes to reading anything but magazines, read this, talked abut it and now goes online to see when Mr. Loomis will have another book out. As a parent, it's nice when kids have options that don't include wizards and vampires. Those topics certainly have broad appeal but I'm sure my son isn't unique in his desire to read about real people doing real things.

I bought this book for my son who rides/races motocrooss. He loved this book and is looking for a sequel! He's not a big fan of reading and it is hard to find books on this subject to get him interested. Great choice for pre-teens to teens to read.

Our school was fortunate enough to have Mr. Loomis as a guest speaker. He took the children through the writing process with the use of this book, he was very informative and enlightening.

Motocross Mike is a refreshing approach at aiming and obtaining interest of relucant readers, especially boys. Several of our students who rarely read unless required to do so, were caught reading this book when they were suppose to be working on something else. That's a good sign!!

I would strongly recommend that any media specialist should put it on their "Got to have list". You won't be disappointed.

This was a great book to read with my 12 year old son and my 10 year old daughter. We would read a chapter evey night,it was action-packed. We couldn't wait to read what would happen to Mike next. We had a hard time putting it down. I highly reccomend it.