Super Soccer Freak Show [Paperback]

Kirk Scroggs (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co (January 3, 2007)
• ASIN: B001E0JQXM
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Kirk was born and raised in Austin, Texas. In kindergarten, Kirk's teachers were so impressed with his demented drawings of zombies, witches and monsters that they often called his parents and even recommended a few "experts" take a look at Kirk's work. Thankfully, for Kirk's poor Mother, he grew out of his monster kick and went on to study film at the University of Texas which inspired him to move to sunny Los Angeles to pursue his dream of working retail and living in a luxury un-air-conditioned apartment. After years of reassessment, reflection and hard work, Kirk has finally realized his true calling... drawing demented pictures of zombies, witches and monsters.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wiley And Grampa Are A Hoot!, January 13, 2007

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Mel Odom (Moore, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Super Soccer Freak Show (Wiley and Grampa's Creature Features, No. 4) (Paperback)

I discovered this series through my 9-year-old. I pick up books for him to look at, ones that I hope will catch his eye. While we were stranding in the waiting room at the doctor's office awaiting results of my wife's x-rays, he read the book to me. I read my book and he read his. Until he started laughing outloud and insisted on reading the book to me.

As it turns out, Wiley has to travel to a soccer game in Carpathia County, Texas. The team there looks like a group of vampires, werewolves, and monsters. They lose horribly. Worst of all, Grampa gets into a fight with the Carpathian mascot (he always gets into fights with mascots) and gets bitten.

Back home, Grampa starts acting weird. It doesn't take Wiley long to figure out that Grampa has turned into a werewolf. The dogcatcher can't catch Grampa, and the sewing circle ladies (who turn out to be monster hunters arms with crossbows) are determined to kill him. Wiley soon finds out that the only hope he has of saving his Grampa is to get the soccer team together and somehow beat the Carpathian team in a rematch.

The book is filled with illustrations and inventive wordplay, as well as humorous situations that come out of the plot. If you have a son or know a boy who is a reluctant reader, this is a series geared for them.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wiley and Grampa's Creature Features, February 24, 2008

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FireDad (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Soccer Freak Show (Wiley and Grampa's Creature Features, No. 4) (Paperback)

My son is a big Dav Pilkey fan and loves this series also.
Some Moms may not like the content but any Dad knows, he would have liked these books as a boy.
Anything to get them in books is OK with me.

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!!, September 13, 2009

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Rebeca A. Collazo (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Super Soccer Freak Show (Wiley and Grampa's Creature Features, No. 4) (Paperback)

Kirk Sroggs does it again. Another awesome installment to the hysterically funny series. My son (and I) are totally hooked.