Customer Reviews

Top Wing (Matt Christopher Sports Classics)

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I'm a 9 year old boy who loves sports. I had to read a mystery book for school. This book was perfect because it was interesting, fun to read and exciting. It starts out with two 12 year old boys named Benton Crawford and Dana Bellamy. They are neighbors, friends and on the same soccer team. A fire breaks out at Benton's house. Dana's dad saves Benton and his sister. Benton starts a rumor that Dana's dad who was their electrician had done a bad job wiring the house and that was what Benton thought caused the fire. After the fire Benton never passed the ball to Dana anymore. Things get really heated up between Benton and Dana.

How did the fire really start? Was Dana's dad really responsible? You'll be surprised to find out the answers to the mystery when you read this book.

I would recommend this book to everyone. It was fun to read!

My son who is 9, struggles with reading, so some of the vocabulary was a real stretch for him. We use a "fist" method, where he counts the words on a page that are too tough, and if he gets the whole fist, the book usually is just that. We were close on many of the pages and though the story was good, as were the messages, this is not a good book for a child who has a "decoding" issue. It took almost 10 days for us to get through it. Even his teacher admitted she knew it would be a challenge.

TOP WIND

My book is about a kid. His Name is Dana and he plays on the soccer team. One day he came home from soccer practice and his home was on fire. The parents came home too. The fire fighters said, "Kids did it."

The kid's soccer team found the house burning. The kids on the soccer team were doing a bad job and lost all their games. The soccer team helped to get a new home. The next year the team won every game and won a championship cup.

I like the book top wind and it is a good book. The book is for every one to read. I would give it a ten.