
Defending Champ
Mike Lupica(Author)
Viking Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
Published on 13. September 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-9848-3693-9 (ISBN)
Description
When the girls soccer team learns it has been canceled due to budget cuts, they come up with a plan to raise the necessary funds through a face-off with the boys' team, which is led by sneering superstar Chase Gwinn.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Penguin USA
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Fifth Grade and over, Interest Age: From 10 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
222 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9848-3693-9 (9781984836939)
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Person
MIKE LUPICA has been called βthe greatest sports writer for middle school readers.β He is the author of multiple bestselling books, including Heat, Travel Team, Million-Dollar Throw, The Underdogs, QB 1, Fantasy League, Fast Break, Last Man Out, No Slam Dunk, Strike Zone, and Triple Threat. When not writing novels, Mike Lupica writes a column for the New York Daily News and MLB.com, appears regularly on MSNBC, and does twice-weekly The Sports Reporters podcasts for Compass Media. He has proven that he can write for andspeak to sports fans of all ages and stripes.