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Gang tackle / Eric Howling.
Jamal and his teammates take a stand against their new football coach when his bullying and discrimination go too far.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781459812253 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781459812260 (electronic edition (pdf))
- ISBN: 9781459812277 (electronic edition (epub))
- Physical Description: 162 pages ; 18 cm
- Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016
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| Subject: | High school students > Juvenile fiction. Football > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Football stories. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Decoda Literacy Library. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decoda Literacy Library | 813.6 H69 2016 (Text) | 35410000063958 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Royal Oak Middle School | FIC HOW (Text) | 21050000248195 | Quick Reads | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2016 September #1
When the Southside Saints football team loses funding due to budget cuts, they think their chances are over, until they get sponsored by Fort Sports, a local sporting goods store that donates $20,000 worth of equipment, uniforms, and field repairs in exchange for letting the company's president coach the team. At first the team is on board, but it soon becomes clear that Coach Fort is a racist bully who claims the spotlight for himself. Is there a way for the Saints to sack the coach without losing everything, or does he simply have too much control? Orca Sports can always be depended on to deliver quick reads with high-stakes situations, detailed sports events, and clear moral lessons, and this book is no different. Coach Fort is a bit of a caricature, there is little nuance or layering to the characters, and the ending borrows too heavily from Varsity Blues. And yet this remains an empowering read for reluctant-reader football fans who want to see athletes rise to the occasion. Copyright 2014 Booklist Reviews. - Voice of Youth Advocates Reviews : VOYA Reviews 2016 August
Orca Sports is a long-standing series for reluctant young adult readers. In Gang Tackle, a cash-strapped school's football program is revived by a local businessman with an agenda and some obvious racial prejudices. Jamal, a player on the team, falls under the sway of the street gang involved in his father's death as he tries to keep his family financially afloat. Centerville Prep is promoted as a prestigious basketball school and Jake's ticket to an athletic scholarship, but upon his arrival, he sees that things are not as they initially appeared. Jake struggles to choose between loyalty to his new teammates and telling the truth to his parents and the police The emphasis of this series is high-interest, sports-related themes designed to appeal to reluctant readers. The plots of both books strive to keep the reader involved with constant twists. These twists are not supported by strong character development, and the results are unrealistic characters and plot elements. For example, in Gang Tackle, an app is written, marketed to iTunes, and pays 100% of the purchase price in royalties within a matter of weeks, all of which will ring notably false to teens with basic knowledge of iTunes. There are sometimes awkward (to an American ear) dialogue and word choices, which may be due to the fact that both titles were written by Canadian authors and reflect slight dialect difference. The books are fast moving and full of sports action which will appeal to reluctant readers.âSherrie Williams. 3Q 3P M J R Copyright 2011 Voya Reviews.
