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Million-Dollar Throw
(2009, Fiction - Sports, Written by Mike Lupica)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 8, age appropriate for kids over 10; suggested age 10. -
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Common Sense says
Another Lupica sensitive dad/son sports story.
Themes in this book include: family relationships, friendship, growing up
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 10 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Million-Dollar Throw
Parents need to know that although this book will mostly satisfy sports lovers and football fanatics, it has a strong plot about Nate helping his best friend Abby deal with the onset of blindness. It also deals with how kids and parents both learn to deal with stress and the unavoidable problems that arise in life. For kids whose parents have faced job loss and for everyone else who knows someone that has been impacted by the economy, this book may help them accept the changes that come.
Read our full review by Debra Bogart
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the concept that it's not whether you win the game, but how you play it. Why is this a good metaphor for life?
- How many people face a disease like Abby does, retinitis pigmentosis? Was it avoidable? What did you think about the way Abby accepted her disease? Was she hiding how she really felt?
- What did Nate do that helped Abby the most? Would you have done the same things, or done other things for her?
- Nate faced a great deal of pressure to make the million-dollar throw and win the money. He showed courage in many different ways. What were some of those ways?
- What is the hardest part for adults about losing their jobs? How can other people help them?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
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| 100% | of parents don't feel there are good role models |
| 100% | of parents say it's educational |
| 100% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
| 100% | of parents say there are good role models |
| 100% | of parents don't think the messages are positive |
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