Seems the right time for some Footie
Alexander, K. (2016) Booked . New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Nick Hall is great soccer player with a reluctantly awesome vocabulary. Though his real love is soccer, a love that his best friend Coby shares, his dad is constantly trying to force him to like words as well. Nick’s father wrote a dictionary of uncommon words, from which he gives Nick homework on a daily basis. Both Nick and Coby’s teams get invited to play at an international tournament in Dallas, and they couldn’t be more excited. Another target of Nick’s affection is April, a girl in his class. He’s a bit afraid to talk to her though. She’s part of a book club at the school library, and the librarian, Mr. Mac, wants Nick to join as well. Nick is pretty convinced that books are no fun, and declines the invitation. They say when it rains it pours, and a storm builds for Nick. A twin team of bullies show up at school, making it hard...