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English

ISBN: 0763653969

EAN: 9780763653965

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational/Juvenile Fiction / Family / General/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship/Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Football/Juvenile Fiction / General/Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / General/

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Release Date: 09/25/2012

Age Range: 8-12

Synopsis: As football fever hits Goodhue, Iowa, Ned Button steps into the lineup in a funny new adventure about a small-town family living in 1929. Ever since local boy Lester Ward got drafted by the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, Tugs Buttons scrawny cousin Ned can think of nothing but football. Sure, Lesters younger bully of a brother is determined to keep Ned and his gang from ever getting near a real pickup game. But Ned has a few things going for him: he can catch and sometimes even throw, much to his surprise. And hes got his eccentric grandpa Ike, who may have less get-up-and-go these days, but no shortage of down-home wisdom to pass along-like that being a football star is less about being big and more about playing as a team and honing your strategy, and that having friends and family in your corner is a bigger prize than a lucky football will ever be. From the author of The Luck of the Buttonscomes another story about a sometimes hapless, always winning family that scores big points for humor and heart.

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Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.75 inches

Width: 5.18 inches

Length: 7.47 inches

Weight: 10.02 oz

Pages: 192