With a caliber of stories and extracts several notches above the expected fare in a compilation, this collection includes contributions from Matt Christopher (Wingman on Ice), Walter Dean Myers (Slam!), Enid Bagnold (National Velvet), Ring Lardner (You Know Me Al), and
P. G. Wodehouse (Mike at Wrykyn).
"At their best sports are enthralling, dramatic, and exciting," says author Alan Durant, compiler of Sports Stories . . . a collection that includes such classics as "You Know Me Al" (1914) by Ring Lardner, and a chariot race sequence from Homer's "the Iliad." (700 B.C.)— Boy's Life, July 2003
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The Illad (an extract) Retold |
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9 | (7) |
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16 | (13) |
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National Velvet (an extract) |
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29 | (10) |
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39 | (8) |
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Mike At Wrykyn (an extract) |
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47 | (9) |
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56 | (19) |
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75 | (15) |
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Wingman on ice (an extract) |
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90 | (8) |
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98 | (9) |
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107 | (4) |
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Tom Brown's School Days (an extract) |
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111 | (10) |
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Basketball Game (an extract) |
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121 | (5) |
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126 | (17) |
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143 | (8) |
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151 | (10) |
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161 | (7) |
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168 | (15) |
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183 | (8) |
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You Know Me Al (an extract) |
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191 | (10) |
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201 | (11) |
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212 | (9) |
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| Acknowledgments |
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Alan Durant has written many children's books, including ALWAYS AND FOREVER, which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award. Alan remembers his mother saying, "You'll turn into a baked bean one day." Now a vegetarian, he lives in Surrey, England, with his family.
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