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Randy Riley's Really Big Hit (2012)

by Chris Van Dusen(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0763649465 (ISBN13: 9780763649463)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Candlewick

review 1: Randy wasn't good at baseball but he was really good at science stuff. He loved outer space. He was a genius. One night before Randy went to bed he looked in his telescope and seen a fireball heading straight to Earth. He calculated that it would crash into his town in 19 days! He tried telling his parents but they didn't believe him until they finally heard it on the news. Randy wanted to help but he was just a boy. What would happen? Would the fireball destroy his town? This book is great for predictions. Have the students predict what they think is going to happen before reading the ending. Have them write what their idea is. Finish reading the book and have them compare and contrast their predictions to what actually happened. Then have the students write what they wou... moreld have done if they were Randy.1st-2ndVan Dusen, C. (2012). Randy Riley's Really Big Hit. Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press.
review 2: Fun story: there nothing like a lovable geek who can't play sports coming to the rescue of all the other folks. My only quibble is that while the story could take place anytime, and the protagonist could be anyone (boy, girl, any color), the illustrations have a nice '60s feel to them, which means the Mom's in a dress and is knitting, while our hero (a boy, of course) is off being brilliant and heroic. A small fly in the ointment of my enjoyment. less

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