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Overview
As the Barton High Tigers' student manager, Beano Hatton has watched Coach Pritchard call the plays, strategize, and shape the Tigers into a winning team. Then Coach Pritchard is seriously injured in a car accident. No one can stand in for him - except Beano. The crucial final game is only a week away. Everyone is counting on Beano to lead the Tigers to victory. He's going to have to learn the ropes - and fast!When the hospitalization of Barton High's head football coach forces skinny student manager Beano Hatton to step in, he must deal with a rebellious quarterback and his own lack of confidence.
Editorials
School Library Journal
Gr 6-9-When the Barton High School football team's coach is injured in a car accident, the student manager is asked to fill in for the last game of the season. Beano Hatton is a stereotypical nerd, unathletic but intelligent. All of a sudden, he must command the respect and trust of the team members who have virtually ignored him for the last three years. The notion of a student manager being made acting coach is ridiculous. Dygard only halfheartedly tries to explain why no adults can substitute for the man. Even worse, he dismisses the female basketball coach from consideration solely because she is a woman. Even if readers accept the far-fetched premise, Beano's obligatory moments of self-doubt are unconvincing. By the time the game has ended, he comes off as the greatest coach since Knute Rockne. He doesn't make a mistake all game, and every one of his ideas is a resounding success, resulting in the inevitable victory. A bland, formulaic book that bogs down even further during an unbearably boring game sequence.- George Delalis, Oakland Public Library, CABook Details
Published
August 1, 1995
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780140369700