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    Jake Maddox: Speed Receiver
    Jake Maddox: Speed Receiver
    Jake Maddox: Speed Receiver
    Ebook57 pages20 minutes

    Jake Maddox: Speed Receiver

    By Jake Maddox and Sean Tiffany

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    Can a speedy football receiver outrun his all-star brother's footsteps? Andrew's been improving his speed at the wide receiver position. But he'll need to work overtime to lead his team to victory and impress his older brother. With action-packed text and high-impact art, Jake Maddox Sport Stories deliver a game-winning reading experience for young sports fans.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateApr 1, 2014
    ISBN9781434299291
    Jake Maddox: Speed Receiver
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    Jake Maddox

    Who is Jake Maddox? Athlete, author, world-traveler – or all three? He has surfed in Hawaii, scuba-dived in Australia, and climbed the mountains of Peru and Alaska. His books range from the most popular team sports to outdoor activities to survival adventures and even to auto racing. His exploits have inspired numerous writers to walk in his footsteps – literally! Each of his stories is stamped with teamwork, fair play, and a strong sense of self-worth and discipline. Always a team-player, Maddox realizes it takes more than one man (or woman) to create a book good enough for a young reader. He hopes the lessons learned on the court, field, or arena and the champion sprinter pace of his books can motivate kids to become better athletes and lifelong readers.

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    • 5/5
      It was very interesting and I would recommend to any one who likes football
    • 4/5
      The book I read was speed receiver and the boy couldn’t play cause he was always reading about other players that was playing against his team and then it was a play that run off the side line and he got hit cause he was not paying attention and the second play he got in cause the position he was playing his teammate got hurt and he had to take over but lucky he knew all the plays they played, but he fumble but the got it back and at half time the coach had to talk to him and he was like “ok coach I got it this time”.
    • 4/5
      This is a book about a boy that has an older brother and he thank he is not good enough to be like his brother. Andrew want to become better than he is brother doing running drill in practice. His brother still think he can be better than him because his brother was the one that said he should run at practice and after practice to become fast

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    Jake Maddox - Jake Maddox

    CHAPTER 1

    ALL STAR

    The roar of the crowd was deafening. They screamed and cheered, Andrew! Andrew! Andrew!

    Andrew Tucker smiled through the cage of his helmet. He had scored the winning touchdown of his most important game ever. The fans snapped photos as he danced in the end zone. They all knew someday he’d be the most famous wide receiver in the country.

    Scouts from every college and half of the pro teams in the country were watching too. They took notes and shot video footage. Some of them spoke excitedly on cell phones, no doubt telling their team owners or school presidents they had to get this great, young player, quick.

    Someone tapped Andrew on the shoulder and he turned. The sun was behind his dad’s head, and Andrew squinted.

    Are you listening to me, Andrew? his dad said.

    Huh? Andrew replied.

    Dad laughed. I think that you’ve been daydreaming again, he said. What are you thinking about this time?

    Andrew sighed. Same as ever, he said.

    The truth was, Andrew wasn’t an all-star wide receiver. He played for the junior high football team, and he even got to start most games. But he was lucky if he made one reception per game and one touchdown per season.

    The real all-star was Andrew’s brother, Marcus. Andrew and his dad were at the Westfield High School Wildcats game right now, and Andrew was dreaming that he was as great as his brother.

    Marcus was the one with college and pro scouts watching him. Marcus was the one with adoring fans.

    Marcus was the one who had just scored the game-winning touchdown . . . again. It was Marcus’s tenth

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