Kickoff Blitz

by Blake Hoena, Alfonso Ruiz (Illustrator)

Tou Yang is the smallest kid on his football team, but he plays like a giant. Tou's job is to dash down the field and smash the ball carrier on kickoffs and punts, and he does it well. When the Bandits come to town, an old enemy on the other side of the line goes out of his way to bring Tou down. Darren cuts corners and plays dirty. Will Tou be able to overcome his gridiron bully, or will Darren send him to the sidelines?

Genres: Graphic Novels, Realistic Fiction

56 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 28, 2010

About the author

Blake A. Hoena grew up in central Wisconsin, where, in his youth, he wrote stories about robots conquering the Moon and trolls lumbering around in the woods behind his parents house, and the fact that the trolls were hunting for little boys had nothing to do with Blake’s pesky brothers. Later, he moved to Minnesota to pursue a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Since graduating, Blake has written more than thirty books for children, including retellings of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the Perseus and Medusa myth. Most recently, he’s working on a series of graphic novels about two space alien brothers, Eek and Ack, who are determined to conquer our big blue home.

--from the author's website

Reviews

[Jack]

it was good

[Izaak Nicholas]

this book tells you a bunch of good things about foot ball and how to play

[Brady]

it was good

[Katy Lovejoy]

Its Not terrible

[Jackie]

Sports are a big interest for a lot of growing boys so I think that having this book in my classroom will benefit, more active, students in reading.