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Cal Ripken, Jr.'s All-Stars: Hothead (2011)

by Cal Ripken Jr.(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0307916448 (ISBN13: 9780307916440)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Listening Library (Audio)

review 1: Connor is the hotshot of his baseball team, but he is going through some hard times. His dad has been out of work for months and can't find a job. And Connor is having a hard time controlling his emotions; he starts through tantrums during games and is close to being kicked off the team. This entire book felt like an after school special on dealing with families out of work and controlling your temper. It was way too simplistic with little character development or plot. And there was way too much baseball; I think every game had a play by play recap. I think that is going to turn off kids who aren't into baseball that much. I think there were some good things in this book like Connor's dad losing his job and the family struggling to get by but everything else just seemed s... moreo stereotypical and flat. It seemed like Cal Ripken Jr. was just trying to create the perfect kid and then give him a problem to solve. This is why celebrities shouldn't write books.
review 2: I like this book because it is about baseball. It also has teams that are in the Major League Baseball and some of those teams are good in real life. My dad would like this book because he likes baseball. I think he likes the New York Yankees or a different team in baseball. One challenge in this book was too many characters. It was challenging because i thought a girl Melissa was Connor's sister but her name was Brianna. Connor had a lot of problems at home for his anger and get's mad at his baseball games. He tries not to do that no more at his baseball games. less

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