In the book Brady v.s Manning, Gary Myers describes the friendship and rivalry between the two greatest quarterbacks that this world has ever seen. To my surprise, Brady and Manning are both great friends, every summer they try to play golf together, have a double date, and my favorite thing, they always are reaching out to each when the other gets hurt they reach out to each other, for instance when Peyton was hurt with his almost career ending neck surgery, Brady would keep in touch with him almost weekly to see how he was doing. These are definitely top 5 quarterbacks ever and maybe even the two best. Most people would probably think these two are just rivals but they have friendship that will last for the rest of their respectful lives.
The book Mia Hamm : Go For The Goal is great because it tells the story of one of the best female soccer players who ever lived. She was also the youngest person to be on the national team. In this chapter that I am currently reading, Mia is at the semi-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup. Her team, USWNT, is one of the best pro women's teams in the world. Her friends are also her opponents in the pro league. Most of her teammates play on different teams for cities around the United States.
As the book progressed, there was some fascinating stories. My favorite was about the first modern Olympics. There is this college student who is going into the competition tiered and out of shape. Read the book to find out what happens next! Another story is about a famous racecar driver that "Finishes backwards and upside-down"(58). A story that is inspiring is about a boy who can't see five feet ahead him and becomes one of the best players in UNC history. This book has continued to impress thought so far. CB
Now that I am much farther into "How they Choked" by Georgia Bragg I can say that i have been blown away with how amazing and tragic some historic people's lives were! Each chapter is better than the previous one! This book takes you on a roller coaster ride that you will never want to get off of. All of the history books give you the impression that famous people can never make a mistake, but this book proves that wrong. -WA
The book Lacrosse "Fundamentals for Winning" is very informational on plays and drills. When I was at least fifty pages in this book I realized that this book would be geared to lacrosse coaches. It was all about how to operate plays and coach a team. I would recommend this book to coaches or players that would have a interest in learning about all kinds of lacrosse plays. This book also has pictures that demonstrate how to do what you're reading about. When you get deeper into this book you will find more chapters about how to play lacrosse and the equipment you will need. Overall, I would give this book three stars. BP
How They Croaked, by Georgia Bragg is a fun book that any kid would love. Featuring the deaths of Mozart, Einstein, Beethoven, James A. Garfield, and more. Did you know that James A. Garfield was our twentieth president? Read the book and find out how he died! -E.O.
All middle school level students should definitely read this fascinating book called How They Chocked by Georgia Bragg. It teaches you the abrupt endings to many of the important people in life. It also teaches you the history of so many life changing people. It goes farther than other books do and shows how huge failures shaped some of the most important events in human history. This book is the one book that finally answered all of my questions about what happens after famous people do something great. It explained in great detail about how the powerful Aztecs came to fall, and many other amazing people.
The Greatest Sports Stories Never Told by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo is a great book for anyone. It is a very detailed writing piece and it keeps making you want to know more. During a boxing story, it states "McCoy decked Ryan but both times the bell saved the desperate champ"(29). The writing paints a picture in your mind of an underdog beating up on a former champion. It also makes the reader wonder if Ryan will recover and win or if McCoy will keep his momentum and win the match. Although the book is a great read, I would only recommend to sports fans. In my book Lacrosse the national game of the Iroquois by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, it talks about the history of the sport of lacrosse and why it is important to Native Americans. Lacrosse is important to Native Americans because it is almost their religion. The reason they have so much skill is they have their stick in their hand constantly.One fascinating piece to this book was how a man named Alf Jacques to this day makes wooden stick. Alf and his father started a buisness making lacrosse sticks for others, one year they made 11000 lacrosse stick, that's a lot of trees! Also, in this book they talk about the two types of lacrosse box and field. Personally, I think box can be more fun sometimes even though I play much more field, I think this because the ball is constantly flying around where as in field you need to really work to get the ball and secure full possession. This book is very detailed and interesting because it gives amazing stories and facts about an awesome sport and gives great new knoledge about the history of the best game of all time.
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