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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780440418184
ISBN: 0440418186
Label: Yearling
Manufacturer: Yearling
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: March 12, 2002
Publisher: Yearling
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: March 12, 2002
Studio: Yearling
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Editorial Review:
Eleven-year-old Sport Rocque is living a happy life, keeping his father’s absentmindedness under control, and managing the family budget. When Kate, Sport’s new— and nice—stepmother enters the picture, things couldn’t be better. Then comes the news: Sport’s wealthy grandfather has just died and Sport is a multimillionaire. But millions of dollars equals millions of problems, as Sport soon discovers when his mother returns and kidnaps him to double her share of the inheritance! Life at the Plaza Hotel is no fun when you’re a prisoner. Will Sport manage to escape and return his life
to normal?
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - i can't believe this book has any bad reviews.
i'm 21 now, and i remember when i was in fifth grade i joined battle of the books. no one knew what sport was about, we thought it was just about.. sports. so no one wanted to read it and my good friend got stuck with it. she said she really enjoyed it and i was intrigued and "rented" one from our lit teacher's bookcase. i still have it, and it's tattered and torn and i remember reading just a few pages everyday before bed. my favorite line is where sport says he walked into the kitchen and ... Read More
Rating:  - Not more then OK
It was a great pleasure to discover that Louise Fitzhugh has written two more books besides "Harriet the Spy" which is one of the greatest children books ever. As an adult I was thrilled to be able to reunite with all the great characters and especially with Sport, one of "Harriet the Spy" most beloved characters. This book however, was quite a let down. Not a total disappointement, as some of the parts do hold part of the magic ( I for example loved the part where Sport looks around the table to ... Read More
Rating:  - A terrible disappointment.
"Harriet The Spy" is one of the best children's novels I've read, and the sequel, "The Long Secret," is as good if not better. "Sport," though, is not in the same league.
The biggest problem with "Sport" is that Ms. Fitzhugh doesn't understand what makes boys tick. She understands girls, and that's why "Harriett" and "Secret," both of which have female protagonists, work so well. "Sport" is not credible because the protagonist does not think or act like a 12-year-old boy.
What's especially ... Read More
Rating: - More Sport!
I have been a Harriet The Spy fan for a long time, and I knew there was a sequel to the first book (called The Long Secret) which I've read. But only recently did I know there was a book about Sport, one of my favorite characters from the stories. I got this book right away...I don't know what everyone is talking about, about this book being out of print since it was easy enough for me to get, right at the bookstore.
This book is about Sport's life after his last year at The Gregory School, when he has ... Read More
Rating: - Best of "Harriet" trilogy...
When I first moved to New York, I made it a point to go to the Olde Heidelberg (now Heidelberg) for dinner because it's where Sport's father takes his girlfriend, Kate, on their first date. That was three years ago; I read "Sport" sixteen years before that. (No one has ever accused me of normal behavior.) Suffice it to say, this book remains one of my favorites. Charlotte Vane (Sport's evil, avaricious mother) remains one of the most convincing--and terrifying--villains in children's literature and, ... Read More
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