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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