Children's Fiction Humorous Stories
Just for Kicks
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- May 2004
- Category
- Humorous Stories, Boys & Men
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 13
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 8
- Recommended Reading age
- 7 to 10
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552776247
- Publish Date
- Jun 2012
- List Price
- $12.99
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550288254
- Publish Date
- May 2004
- List Price
- $16.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552775042
- Publish Date
- May 2010
- List Price
- $9.95
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Description
The soccer-mad gang from Brunswick Valley School featured in Robert Rayner's two previous books for this series is back, gathering every Saturday afternoon to play a friendly game against friends from a neighboring town. A well-meaning adult spots potential in some of the players and offers guidance, inspiring parents of the other side to get their own coach. As the games become more structured, they become more serious -- and less fun. It's up to the kids to find a way to reclaim the spirit of the sport.
Just for Kicks is another comical installment in the series that includes Walker's Runners and Miss Little's Losers.
About the author
A former elementary school principal, school district consultant, teacher and journalist, in England, Newfoundland, and New Brunswick, Robert Rayner now spends his time writing and teaching music. He is the author of three adult novels, nine young adult novels, and three teen novels. His stories have been shortlisted for the Ann Connor Brimer Children’s Literature Prize and (four times) for the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award, and five of them have been included in the Canadian Children’s Book Centre annual ‘Best Books’ list. He lives on the Magaguadavic River in St. George, New Brunswick.
