What do you think?
Rate this book
Harriet the Spy #3
Sport
Eleven-year-old Sport Rocque is living a happy life, keeping his father's absentmindedness under control, and managing the family budget. When Kate, Sport's new-and nice-stepmother enters the picture, things couldn't be better. Then comes the Sport's wealthy grandfather has just died and Sport is a multimillionaire.
But millions of dollars equals millions of problems, as Sport soon discovers when his mother returns and kidnaps him to double her share of the inheritance! Life at the Plaza Hotel is no fun when you're a prisoner. Will Sport manage to return his life to normal?
But millions of dollars equals millions of problems, as Sport soon discovers when his mother returns and kidnaps him to double her share of the inheritance! Life at the Plaza Hotel is no fun when you're a prisoner. Will Sport manage to return his life to normal?
224 pages, Library Binding
First published March 28, 1980
42 people are currently reading
942 people want to read
About the author
Louise Fitzhugh
21 books684 followersLouise Perkins Fitzhugh was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Fitzhugh is best known for her 1964 novel Harriet the Spy, a fiction work about an adolescent girl's predisposition with a journal covering the foibles of her friends, her classmates, and the strangers she is captivated by. The novel was later adapted into a live action film in 1996. The sequel novel, The Long Secret, was published in 1965, and its follow-up book, Sport, was published posthumously in 1979. Fitzhugh also wrote Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, which was later adapted into a short film and a play.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 90 reviews
August 13, 2009
Mind-blowing. On the first page, Sport's (hated, and justly so) mother tells him, 'You've got a goddamned literal mind.' Such a shot across the bow is Fitzhugh's warning that this will not be your standard middle-school fare. It put me in mind of Susan Patron's dropping in 'scrotum' on page one of 'The Higher Power of Lucky' and all the fuss that caused. Come to think of it, Lucky Trimble owes a debt to Harriet Welch; she's even also a spy. 'Sport' is a sequel to 'Harriet the Spy' and sent me back to it, but Harriet only makes a cameo appearance in this astounding novel about an eleven-year-old that includes themes of alcoholism, racism, child custody battles, and death, and yet is still funny and warm and exciting. Highly recommended.
November 6, 2007
I must have read this as a kid, I know I read HARRIET THE SPY, then read it in 2004 and was blown away and probably got more out of it as a 38 year old than an 8 year old. A true classic. Like The Chocolate War, it's head and shoulders above most of the competition. Deals with some tough issues--is Sport's dad an alcoholic? In a very real, non-dogmatic and ovbious way, which is my beef about quite a bit of the children's and YA stuff that I read today--everything is spelled out in big bold letters. What a true loss Fitzhugh's death is/was.
December 9, 2016
Sport's part of the story isn't all that interesting. But the messages about racism and classism are interesting, nuanced but clear, and unfortunately still relevant. All of Harry's peacock camouflage can't protect him from cops who want to arrest his "n.." self, and the Puerto Rican boy, Chi-chi, is almost as terrified. And they're just pre-pubescent boys....
April 14, 2009
I read Harriet the Spy and The Long Secret in grade school and it was only a couple years ago that I discovered there was this other book, Sport. I was excited because I'd liked Sport in Harriet the Spy and was looking forward to reading more about him. Sport reminded me of myself because I was also the only child of a single parent and I took on a lot of worry and responsibility about money. But when I finally managed to lay hands on a copy, I was disappointed. Her writing wasn't nearly so pithy and the plot was thin and predictable. The characters were one-dimensional. It was like when a series becomes a franchise and other authors start writing sequels, except this actually was the original author. It's too bad because Sport could have made a great main character. Perhaps publishers pressured Fitzhugh into writing this sequel, I don't know. But her love for the characters seemed to have gone.
June 10, 2017
Sport is my favorite character in Harriet the Spy so I was excited to learn that Fitzhugh wrote a book about him. The flavorless text on the back flap says, "Young readers will remember [Sport] as the kid who lived with his father, ran the house, and managed the money." Old readers, like me, remember him too.
Sadly, this book is just as flavorless as its blurb. Sport lacks the zing of Harriet and its follow-up, The Long Secret.
Harriet the Spy has a pretty loose plot. For about 2/3 of the book, all she does is go around and spy on people. It's not until the final 1/3, when her "friends" find her spy diary, does the book have a solid story thread.
Sport meanders for about 9/10 of the book. Sport's awful mother yells at him. Sport's dad gets married to his angelic girlfriend, Kate. Sport hangs out with his multi-ethnic friends. Sport's grandfather dies. Then Sport's demonic mother kidnaps him and holds him hostage to try and keep all of her dead father's inheritance.
That last part could have been the plot of a whole book, but it's literally a chapter and a half.
I didn't mind Harriet meandering because her spying was interesting. The people she watched felt like real people -- weird people -- round characters with their own lives to observe. Everyone in Sport is one note. His mother is an evil harpy, a less subtle version of Beth Ellen's awful mother in The Long Secret. Sport's black friend is black, we're reminded on almost every page. His dad, the closest thing to a round character, is dopey but harmless. Sport's new stepmom, Kate, is too good to be believed, a walking saint who makes them breakfast, lunch, dinner and still holds down a job and pays the bills, and has a sense of humor, and doesn't mind dad's bad driving, and...
The high point of this book is when Sport trolls his rich mom and aunt by inviting his black friend, his fat friend, and Harriet over for dinner. Harriet is a little older, but just as obnoxious and funny. (Whenever the kids are offered cranberry juice, they freak out. A running gag I don't understand.) At the end, Fitzhugh touches on racist cops in New York City, which is quite interesting, but weird coming out of left field in an otherwise cartoonish book.
Fitzhugh died before Sport was published. As a result, this feels like the sketch of a story, sadly left unfinished without any personality.
Sadly, this book is just as flavorless as its blurb. Sport lacks the zing of Harriet and its follow-up, The Long Secret.
Harriet the Spy has a pretty loose plot. For about 2/3 of the book, all she does is go around and spy on people. It's not until the final 1/3, when her "friends" find her spy diary, does the book have a solid story thread.
Sport meanders for about 9/10 of the book. Sport's awful mother yells at him. Sport's dad gets married to his angelic girlfriend, Kate. Sport hangs out with his multi-ethnic friends. Sport's grandfather dies. Then Sport's demonic mother kidnaps him and holds him hostage to try and keep all of her dead father's inheritance.
That last part could have been the plot of a whole book, but it's literally a chapter and a half.
I didn't mind Harriet meandering because her spying was interesting. The people she watched felt like real people -- weird people -- round characters with their own lives to observe. Everyone in Sport is one note. His mother is an evil harpy, a less subtle version of Beth Ellen's awful mother in The Long Secret. Sport's black friend is black, we're reminded on almost every page. His dad, the closest thing to a round character, is dopey but harmless. Sport's new stepmom, Kate, is too good to be believed, a walking saint who makes them breakfast, lunch, dinner and still holds down a job and pays the bills, and has a sense of humor, and doesn't mind dad's bad driving, and...
The high point of this book is when Sport trolls his rich mom and aunt by inviting his black friend, his fat friend, and Harriet over for dinner. Harriet is a little older, but just as obnoxious and funny. (Whenever the kids are offered cranberry juice, they freak out. A running gag I don't understand.) At the end, Fitzhugh touches on racist cops in New York City, which is quite interesting, but weird coming out of left field in an otherwise cartoonish book.
Fitzhugh died before Sport was published. As a result, this feels like the sketch of a story, sadly left unfinished without any personality.
September 20, 2017
This book is, at least to me, an amazing character study. Most of the characters are very complex, and it reads like very real people, right down to the racism. Yes, there's racism in this book, but it is in a believable way that real people deal with, and I think that makes it absolutely valuable.
You know how, in movies, the marginalized character often gets the chance to go on a massive speech and the racist character(s) get their comeuppance? Doesn't happen here, and that makes it all the more real, because, frankly, when folks are being bigoted against you, it's often not in an easy to combat way, or has at least a little ambiguity to it.
Furthermore, it really captures the dysfunction that can emerge in a family. Mr. Vane, the grandfather, is clearly a sexist, and that in turn seems to pass down to his daughters a certain coldness and narcissism. Charlotte mistreats Sport and others at many turns, and, while awful, isn't portrayed as being so just because she's inherently bad. You can see how her character sort of thinks and why she might believe she's justified in doing the awful things she does.
I also enjoyed Sport's inner monologue, and how he'd often think things and not say them. It really took me back to my childhood, in which being silent was often the best course of action.
I love this book as well as Harriet the Spy, because the author never diminishes the concerns or feelings of child characters. Absolutely would recommend.
You know how, in movies, the marginalized character often gets the chance to go on a massive speech and the racist character(s) get their comeuppance? Doesn't happen here, and that makes it all the more real, because, frankly, when folks are being bigoted against you, it's often not in an easy to combat way, or has at least a little ambiguity to it.
Furthermore, it really captures the dysfunction that can emerge in a family. Mr. Vane, the grandfather, is clearly a sexist, and that in turn seems to pass down to his daughters a certain coldness and narcissism. Charlotte mistreats Sport and others at many turns, and, while awful, isn't portrayed as being so just because she's inherently bad. You can see how her character sort of thinks and why she might believe she's justified in doing the awful things she does.
I also enjoyed Sport's inner monologue, and how he'd often think things and not say them. It really took me back to my childhood, in which being silent was often the best course of action.
I love this book as well as Harriet the Spy, because the author never diminishes the concerns or feelings of child characters. Absolutely would recommend.
June 14, 2018
“Don't you understand that I was once fifteen years old! That I looked at my mother the same way you're looking at me? That I see the hatred in your eyes and the despair and the love and all of it?”
“I'm eleven,” said Sport.Those opening lines set the tone of the relationship between Sport and his mother. And how many times will you see the word “goddamned” in a children's book? That took me by surprise, especially coming out of a mother's mouth to her little boy. Throughout the entire book, Sport's father very honestly talks to his son or around his son about what a horrible mother his ex-wife is, and how she lives out of the country so she doesn't have to exercise her parental rights. It was actually quite refreshing!
I think I may have liked this book the best of the three “Harriet the Spy” books. Although Harriet doesn't even make an appearance until page 110. But that was fine with me.
The book also matter of factly addresses racism, with a police officer calling Sport's friend, Harry, the N-word, and referring to Harry and another friend as “Ellis Island”.
There are lots of humourous scenes, especially some of the scenes with Sport's father's new girlfriend, which made me laugh out loud. But the best part about her was the way she quickly took to Sport and lavished him with the unconditional love he'd never gotten from his mother.
This is just a wonderful little gem of a book.
February 24, 2015
Sport (1953) is Fitzhugh's darkest of the Harriet trio. Kidnapping, custody issues, ugly racial tensions between police and the neighborhood, n-word two times. It's also the first book I read, and until this year, the only one I read of the trilogy. I still really enjoy it, and now that I'm older, the concept of a mother kidnapping her own son for custody and money no longer seems so farfetched and the idea of Sport parenting his own father seems even more tragic. Even before I became a food writer, I knew that the food descriptions in Sport were some of the best I'd ever read. She made me crave tomatoes, steak, and peas when I hated tomatoes, steak, and peas.
Given that Fitzhugh's wealthy parents split up and her father retained custody of Fitzhugh (just as in Sport's case), it's hard not to look at Sport's mother and Beth Ellen mother in The Long Secret and not wonder if those rich, skinny, horrible people were based on Fitzhugh's own mother. And yet, there's the gentle Kate that Simon's dad marries and Harriet's mother to look at as examples of ideal mothers. I have half a mind to do some extensive digging into Fitzhugh's life and try to learn some more about her. She died so young and yet seems to have lived an interesting life in Tennessee, New York, D.C., France, and Italy.
Given that Fitzhugh's wealthy parents split up and her father retained custody of Fitzhugh (just as in Sport's case), it's hard not to look at Sport's mother and Beth Ellen mother in The Long Secret and not wonder if those rich, skinny, horrible people were based on Fitzhugh's own mother. And yet, there's the gentle Kate that Simon's dad marries and Harriet's mother to look at as examples of ideal mothers. I have half a mind to do some extensive digging into Fitzhugh's life and try to learn some more about her. She died so young and yet seems to have lived an interesting life in Tennessee, New York, D.C., France, and Italy.
August 26, 2010
Lucy Longstocking review http://www.wcl.govt.nz/blogs/kids/ind...
Harriet only plays a guest role in the third book which is set back in New York. Sport focuses on Harriet’s friend Simon who is nicknamed Sport, and lives with his really nice but really hopeless Dad. There is not so much mystery in this one, but a lot of action. Poor Sport is really put through the wringer as his evil mother (no, not evil stepmother – just plain old evil mother) tries to gain custody of him so she can get her greedy mitts on his inheritance. This book is intense! Heaps of yelling and cussing and hiding and running and worrying and laughing. (Lots of laughing from me actually, especially when Sport and his friends get their own back against rich ladies and cops -ha-ha).
Harriet only plays a guest role in the third book which is set back in New York. Sport focuses on Harriet’s friend Simon who is nicknamed Sport, and lives with his really nice but really hopeless Dad. There is not so much mystery in this one, but a lot of action. Poor Sport is really put through the wringer as his evil mother (no, not evil stepmother – just plain old evil mother) tries to gain custody of him so she can get her greedy mitts on his inheritance. This book is intense! Heaps of yelling and cussing and hiding and running and worrying and laughing. (Lots of laughing from me actually, especially when Sport and his friends get their own back against rich ladies and cops -ha-ha).
September 4, 2007
This book made me shout so with laughter that my mother came running to see if I was alright. I read it the summer after high school when I was stuck home with a broken leg, and I must admit I don't remember the plot all that clearly. But it has to do with Sport, one of the two best friends of Harriet the Spy, the son of a starving writer who tries to balance his dad's impracticality by learning to keep the books and cook the vegetables (all before turning 10, I believe). Harriet is quite a sharp-tongued bitch in her own book but she really outdoes herself in this one. I can't remember what it was she said that so amused me, but I do know it's worth finding out for yourself.
October 27, 2007
I understand the publisher rejected this book, sending it back to Fitzhugh with substantial changes; she put it aside, and there it sat until she died. Published after her death to cash in on Harriet's popularity; the original decision not to publish was correct. Harriet makes a couple of cameo appearances (one with Janie), but otherwise has no part in the story at all.
December 22, 2016
Too short! I've always liked Sport, I wanted more.
June 14, 2020
This is, in my opinion, absolutely not a kids book. YA at best. It's a little jarring right after reading the first two Harriet books and the first of the spin-off series (which does the classic Boxcar Children thing of just going right back to the most simplistic take on the characters and staying there). The first two, despite some heavier themes at times, stay in the realm of middle-grade - some wacky adventures, some hints of parental neglect at times.
This one takes a sharp left turn into dealing with: parental neglect, which escalates into outright abuse and kidnapping, racial injustices, the corrupt institution of the New York police system (from a book written in the 1970s!) and the injustice of the class system.
Harriet herself doesn't show up until the last half of the book, and while she is delightfully herself, it's a sharp reminder of how much she is sheltered in the first and second books by her race and the fact that her parents are well-off. Even though Sport is her best friend and she realises, in a vague way, that he's poor, she has no idea of the true hurt and day to day weariness he's living with, struggling to keep himself and his father afloat.
Kate is a breath of fresh air and someone I WOULD die for, and the beautiful descriptions of people's clothes and the use of them as a lens various people use to view the world is really excellent.
This one takes a sharp left turn into dealing with: parental neglect, which escalates into outright abuse and kidnapping, racial injustices, the corrupt institution of the New York police system (from a book written in the 1970s!) and the injustice of the class system.
Harriet herself doesn't show up until the last half of the book, and while she is delightfully herself, it's a sharp reminder of how much she is sheltered in the first and second books by her race and the fact that her parents are well-off. Even though Sport is her best friend and she realises, in a vague way, that he's poor, she has no idea of the true hurt and day to day weariness he's living with, struggling to keep himself and his father afloat.
Kate is a breath of fresh air and someone I WOULD die for, and the beautiful descriptions of people's clothes and the use of them as a lens various people use to view the world is really excellent.
August 5, 2023
The third book in the Harriet the Spy world, published posthumously by the Fitzhugh estate in 1979.
May 18, 2017
I think I started Sport in fifth grade because I loved Harriet the Spy so much but was turned off by the first chapter, where Sport's cartoonish rich mother is interacting with him. She is over the top and reminiscent of Beth Ellen's mother in The Long Secret. So now I decided to read it as an adult and give it more of a chance, and it was an interesting book with the same feel of the others. Sport's mothers mindless pursuit of money and kidnapping her son is a little ridiculous, but I was interested in his father's new girlfriend and how Sport's life will be changing. Sport also has summer friends and one of them is black, and while he is still written in the style of the 60s, this is certainly a step up from the "chocolate covered basett hound " of the Long Secret, altho chocolate is once again used as a descriptor. At one point his character has to interact with cops who call him the N-word, and he and Sports Puerto Rican friend discuss the cops dislike of them. I do believe tho that Louise Fitzhugh was a smart, progressive writer for her time and look forward to reading the other published book she came out with. I always identified most with Harriet, so I was glad she was able to make some cameos. She was pretty subdued at her appearance at a social function but clearly turning into a young woman. She's a little more lively later when she throws cranberry juice on Sport's aunt after she faints. The ending seemed a little abrupt, but I was also reading the ebook version so I didn't know I was getting close to the end. While it's my third favorite of the three books, it's still good and interesting.
December 7, 2023
The thao chau A 2023: Doi bong da An Do
Con số
với Kalyan Chaubey đứng đầu AIFF, ông đã có thể thuyết phục chính phủ tạo ra một ngoại lệ cho Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou tại Trung Quốc, sẽ kể từ ngày 23 tháng 9.
mang Ấn Độ có khả năng gửi đội thi đấu to nhất trong khoảng trước tới bây giờ tại Đại hội Thể thao châu Á 2023, các đội bóng đá nam và nữ sở hữu khả năng nhận được sự chấp thuận từ Bộ Thể thao, theo một Thống kê của Times of India Lương Sơn TV.
mặc dù đội bóng đá Ấn Độ không đáp ứng chỉ tiêu buộc phải của Bộ Thể thao, Thống kê của TOI cho biết một ngoại lệ có thể được ban cho họ link trực tiếp bóng đá Luongson.
Liên đoàn Bóng đá Ấn Độ (AIFF) đã từng bắt buộc tự mình gửi đội tuyển quốc gia tham dự Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Jakarta 2018 nhưng không thành công trong việc nhận được sự ưng ý trong khoảng Bộ.
không những thế, lần này mang Kalyan Chaubey đứng đầu AIFF, ông có thể thuyết phục chính phủ tạo ra 1 ngoại lệ.
Vào thứ 2, tập huấn viên trưởng đội bóng đá nam Ấn Độ, Igor Stimac, đã viết một lá thư thực tình gửi tới Thủ tướng Narendra Modi và Bộ trưởng Thể thao Anurag Thakur, yêu cầu 1 ngoại lệ cho Đại hội Thể thao châu Á 2023.
những chỉ dẫn của Bộ Thể thao về tham gia các trò chơi đồng đội quy định chỉ các môn thể thao đã đạt được thứ hạng đến vị trí thứ 8 trong số tất cả các nước tham gia ở châu Á trong năm qua mới được xem xét để tham gia Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou.
Bóng đá Ấn Độ sở hữu kỳ vọng tham gia Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou 2023
Đội bóng đá nam Ấn Độ thuộc vị trí số 18 khi mà đội bóng đá nữ đứng ở vị trí thứ 10 tại châu Á.
khi mà đó, Hiệp hội Olympic Ấn Độ đã chỉ định khoảng 800 vận động viên tham gia Đại hội Thể thao Hangzhou 2022. Ngày rốt cục để gửi danh sách đến ban đơn vị là ngày 15 tháng 7.
ngoài ra, chính phủ có thể rút lại danh sách đã gửi trước ngày 26 tháng 7 ví như cho rằng những đội ko sở hữu tiềm năng giành huy chương hoặc không liên quan tiêu chí lựa chọn.
Xem thêm bài viết: Asiad 2023 các vđv triển vẳng giành huy chương vàng Giải vô địch Châu Á P2
Dù đội bóng đá nam và nữ của Ấn Độ không phù hợp chỉ tiêu xếp hạng của Bộ Thể thao, kỳ vọng vẫn tồn tại cho việc tham dự Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou 2023. Các quan chức và nhà lãnh đạo đã nỗ lực để thuyết phục chính phủ tạo ra 1 ngoại lệ cho đội tuyển bóng đá đất nước.
Trong 1 cuộc họp mới đây, Kalyan Chaubey, người đứng đầu Liên đoàn Bóng đá Ấn Độ (AIFF), đã luận bàn sở hữu các quan chức cấp cao về tầm quan yếu của việc tham dự Đại hội Thể thao châu Á và tầm quan yếu của việc tương trợ và tăng trưởng bóng đá ở Ấn Độ. Ông đã nhấn mạnh rằng việc tham dự vào một sự kiện quan yếu như Asian Games mang thể đem lại cơ hội to để những cầu thủ Ấn Độ tăng kỹ năng và trình độ của mình.
cố gắng của bóng đá Ấn Độ để thuyết phục tham dự Asian Games 2023
Trong thư gửi Thủ tướng Narendra Modi và Bộ trưởng Thể thao Anurag Thakur, đào tạo viên trưởng đội bóng đá nam Ấn Độ, Igor Stimac, đã tâm tình về mong muốn tham gia vào Asian Games 2023 và tạo ra cơ hội để những cầu thủ trẻ và nhân tài của Ấn Độ sở hữu thể thi đấu mang các đối thủ chất lượng cao trong khu vực.
khi mà ấy, Hiệp hội Olympic Ấn Độ đã công bố danh sách gần 800 vận khích lệ mà họ đề cử tham dự Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou 2023. Tuy nhiên, việc gửi danh sách ko đồng nghĩa mang việc chắc chắn các vận khích lệ sẽ tham dự, vì chính phủ vẫn có quyền rút lại danh sách trước ngày 26 tháng 7 ví như họ cho rằng 1 số đội không đạt tiêu chí chọn lựa hoặc không mang khả năng giành huy chương.
Sự quan trọng của việc tham dự Đại hội Thể thao châu Á đối với bóng đá Ấn Độ
Trong công đoạn chuẩn bị cho Đại hội Thể thao châu Á 2023, đội bóng đá Ấn Độ đang tập kết vào tăng trình độ, nâng cao cường khả năng chiến thuật và chơi đồng đội. Họ đang tham gia vào các trận giao hữu quốc tế và tham dự các khóa tập huấn chuyên sâu để chuẩn bị thấp nhất cho sự kiện quan trọng này.
Dù cho việc tham gia Asian Games 2023 mang thành công hay không, việc tạo thời cơ cho những đội bóng đá nam và nữ Ấn Độ tham dự vào những sự kiện quốc tế cấp cao là 1 bước quan trọng trong việc lớn mạnh bóng đá ở đất nước này. Ví như được bằng lòng, việc tham dự Đại hội Thể thao châu Á sẽ đem lại niềm kiêu hãnh và động lực to cho những cầu thủ và người ái mộ bóng đá Ấn Độ, đồng thời tiếp diễn sự lớn mạnh bóng đá ở đất nước này.
Việc tham gia Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou 2023 sở hữu thể mang đến phổ thông lợi ích cho bóng đá Ấn Độ. Ngoài việc tăng trình độ và trải nghiệm thi đấu có các đối thủ mạnh, sự hiện diện của đội tuyển quốc gia tại 1 sự kiện quan yếu như Asian Games cũng sở hữu thể thu hút sự quan tâm và đầu tư vào bóng đá ở Ấn Độ.
Đội tuyển bóng đá Ấn Độ mong muốn ghi danh tại Hangzhou Asian Games
Việc đáng chú ý là Đại hội Thể thao châu Á 2023 sẽ diễn ra tại Trung Quốc - 1 đất nước mang nền bóng đá tăng trưởng và đạt được đa dạng thành tựu. Sự kết nối và bàn thảo sở hữu các đội bóng đá chất lượng cao trong khu vực có thể giúp những cầu thủ Ấn Độ học hỏi, hấp thu tri thức và kỹ năng mới, từ đó tăng chất lượng đội bóng đất nước.
bên cạnh đó, việc tham gia vào 1 sự kiện quốc tế như Asian Games cũng là cơ hội để những cầu thủ Ấn Độ miêu tả tài năng và khả năng của mình trước sự chú ý của các nhà tập huấn và những câu lạc bộ bóng đá quốc tế. Điều này có thể mở ra cánh cửa cho các cầu thủ xuất sắc có cơ hội thi đấu ở những giải đấu và câu lạc bộ hàng đầu toàn cầu.
nỗ lực và hy vọng của bóng đá Ấn Độ trong hành trình tới Hangzhou Asian Games 2023
với các ích lợi tiềm năng tương tự, việc AIFF và những nhà lãnh đạo bóng đá Ấn Độ cố gắng để thuyết phục chính phủ tạo ra ngoại lệ cho đội tuyển bóng đá đất nước là hoàn toàn sở hữu cơ sở vật chất. Kỳ vọng rằng sự quan tâm và nhận thức về tầm quan yếu của việc tham dự vào các sự kiện thể thao quốc tế sẽ khuyến khích chính phủ hỗ trợ và tạo điều kiện tiện dụng cho đội bóng đá Ấn Độ tham gia Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou 2023.
Xem thêm cùng Luongsontv
trực tiếp bóng đá bundesliga hôm nay
xem trực tiếp bóng đá la liga
Con số
với Kalyan Chaubey đứng đầu AIFF, ông đã có thể thuyết phục chính phủ tạo ra một ngoại lệ cho Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou tại Trung Quốc, sẽ kể từ ngày 23 tháng 9.
mang Ấn Độ có khả năng gửi đội thi đấu to nhất trong khoảng trước tới bây giờ tại Đại hội Thể thao châu Á 2023, các đội bóng đá nam và nữ sở hữu khả năng nhận được sự chấp thuận từ Bộ Thể thao, theo một Thống kê của Times of India Lương Sơn TV.
mặc dù đội bóng đá Ấn Độ không đáp ứng chỉ tiêu buộc phải của Bộ Thể thao, Thống kê của TOI cho biết một ngoại lệ có thể được ban cho họ link trực tiếp bóng đá Luongson.
Liên đoàn Bóng đá Ấn Độ (AIFF) đã từng bắt buộc tự mình gửi đội tuyển quốc gia tham dự Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Jakarta 2018 nhưng không thành công trong việc nhận được sự ưng ý trong khoảng Bộ.
không những thế, lần này mang Kalyan Chaubey đứng đầu AIFF, ông có thể thuyết phục chính phủ tạo ra 1 ngoại lệ.
Vào thứ 2, tập huấn viên trưởng đội bóng đá nam Ấn Độ, Igor Stimac, đã viết một lá thư thực tình gửi tới Thủ tướng Narendra Modi và Bộ trưởng Thể thao Anurag Thakur, yêu cầu 1 ngoại lệ cho Đại hội Thể thao châu Á 2023.
những chỉ dẫn của Bộ Thể thao về tham gia các trò chơi đồng đội quy định chỉ các môn thể thao đã đạt được thứ hạng đến vị trí thứ 8 trong số tất cả các nước tham gia ở châu Á trong năm qua mới được xem xét để tham gia Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou.
Bóng đá Ấn Độ sở hữu kỳ vọng tham gia Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou 2023
Đội bóng đá nam Ấn Độ thuộc vị trí số 18 khi mà đội bóng đá nữ đứng ở vị trí thứ 10 tại châu Á.
khi mà đó, Hiệp hội Olympic Ấn Độ đã chỉ định khoảng 800 vận động viên tham gia Đại hội Thể thao Hangzhou 2022. Ngày rốt cục để gửi danh sách đến ban đơn vị là ngày 15 tháng 7.
ngoài ra, chính phủ có thể rút lại danh sách đã gửi trước ngày 26 tháng 7 ví như cho rằng những đội ko sở hữu tiềm năng giành huy chương hoặc không liên quan tiêu chí lựa chọn.
Xem thêm bài viết: Asiad 2023 các vđv triển vẳng giành huy chương vàng Giải vô địch Châu Á P2
Dù đội bóng đá nam và nữ của Ấn Độ không phù hợp chỉ tiêu xếp hạng của Bộ Thể thao, kỳ vọng vẫn tồn tại cho việc tham dự Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou 2023. Các quan chức và nhà lãnh đạo đã nỗ lực để thuyết phục chính phủ tạo ra 1 ngoại lệ cho đội tuyển bóng đá đất nước.
Trong 1 cuộc họp mới đây, Kalyan Chaubey, người đứng đầu Liên đoàn Bóng đá Ấn Độ (AIFF), đã luận bàn sở hữu các quan chức cấp cao về tầm quan yếu của việc tham dự Đại hội Thể thao châu Á và tầm quan yếu của việc tương trợ và tăng trưởng bóng đá ở Ấn Độ. Ông đã nhấn mạnh rằng việc tham dự vào một sự kiện quan yếu như Asian Games mang thể đem lại cơ hội to để những cầu thủ Ấn Độ tăng kỹ năng và trình độ của mình.
cố gắng của bóng đá Ấn Độ để thuyết phục tham dự Asian Games 2023
Trong thư gửi Thủ tướng Narendra Modi và Bộ trưởng Thể thao Anurag Thakur, đào tạo viên trưởng đội bóng đá nam Ấn Độ, Igor Stimac, đã tâm tình về mong muốn tham gia vào Asian Games 2023 và tạo ra cơ hội để những cầu thủ trẻ và nhân tài của Ấn Độ sở hữu thể thi đấu mang các đối thủ chất lượng cao trong khu vực.
khi mà ấy, Hiệp hội Olympic Ấn Độ đã công bố danh sách gần 800 vận khích lệ mà họ đề cử tham dự Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou 2023. Tuy nhiên, việc gửi danh sách ko đồng nghĩa mang việc chắc chắn các vận khích lệ sẽ tham dự, vì chính phủ vẫn có quyền rút lại danh sách trước ngày 26 tháng 7 ví như họ cho rằng 1 số đội không đạt tiêu chí chọn lựa hoặc không mang khả năng giành huy chương.
Sự quan trọng của việc tham dự Đại hội Thể thao châu Á đối với bóng đá Ấn Độ
Trong công đoạn chuẩn bị cho Đại hội Thể thao châu Á 2023, đội bóng đá Ấn Độ đang tập kết vào tăng trình độ, nâng cao cường khả năng chiến thuật và chơi đồng đội. Họ đang tham gia vào các trận giao hữu quốc tế và tham dự các khóa tập huấn chuyên sâu để chuẩn bị thấp nhất cho sự kiện quan trọng này.
Dù cho việc tham gia Asian Games 2023 mang thành công hay không, việc tạo thời cơ cho những đội bóng đá nam và nữ Ấn Độ tham dự vào những sự kiện quốc tế cấp cao là 1 bước quan trọng trong việc lớn mạnh bóng đá ở đất nước này. Ví như được bằng lòng, việc tham dự Đại hội Thể thao châu Á sẽ đem lại niềm kiêu hãnh và động lực to cho những cầu thủ và người ái mộ bóng đá Ấn Độ, đồng thời tiếp diễn sự lớn mạnh bóng đá ở đất nước này.
Việc tham gia Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou 2023 sở hữu thể mang đến phổ thông lợi ích cho bóng đá Ấn Độ. Ngoài việc tăng trình độ và trải nghiệm thi đấu có các đối thủ mạnh, sự hiện diện của đội tuyển quốc gia tại 1 sự kiện quan yếu như Asian Games cũng sở hữu thể thu hút sự quan tâm và đầu tư vào bóng đá ở Ấn Độ.
Đội tuyển bóng đá Ấn Độ mong muốn ghi danh tại Hangzhou Asian Games
Việc đáng chú ý là Đại hội Thể thao châu Á 2023 sẽ diễn ra tại Trung Quốc - 1 đất nước mang nền bóng đá tăng trưởng và đạt được đa dạng thành tựu. Sự kết nối và bàn thảo sở hữu các đội bóng đá chất lượng cao trong khu vực có thể giúp những cầu thủ Ấn Độ học hỏi, hấp thu tri thức và kỹ năng mới, từ đó tăng chất lượng đội bóng đất nước.
bên cạnh đó, việc tham gia vào 1 sự kiện quốc tế như Asian Games cũng là cơ hội để những cầu thủ Ấn Độ miêu tả tài năng và khả năng của mình trước sự chú ý của các nhà tập huấn và những câu lạc bộ bóng đá quốc tế. Điều này có thể mở ra cánh cửa cho các cầu thủ xuất sắc có cơ hội thi đấu ở những giải đấu và câu lạc bộ hàng đầu toàn cầu.
nỗ lực và hy vọng của bóng đá Ấn Độ trong hành trình tới Hangzhou Asian Games 2023
với các ích lợi tiềm năng tương tự, việc AIFF và những nhà lãnh đạo bóng đá Ấn Độ cố gắng để thuyết phục chính phủ tạo ra ngoại lệ cho đội tuyển bóng đá đất nước là hoàn toàn sở hữu cơ sở vật chất. Kỳ vọng rằng sự quan tâm và nhận thức về tầm quan yếu của việc tham dự vào các sự kiện thể thao quốc tế sẽ khuyến khích chính phủ hỗ trợ và tạo điều kiện tiện dụng cho đội bóng đá Ấn Độ tham gia Đại hội Thể thao châu Á Hangzhou 2023.
Xem thêm cùng Luongsontv
trực tiếp bóng đá bundesliga hôm nay
xem trực tiếp bóng đá la liga
July 24, 2020
4.5 stars
Sport may not quite measure up to the first two Harriet the Spy books, but I love it nonetheless. Like the previous books, it comments a lot on materialism and loneliness, but with enough funny parts to keep it from being a downer. Some of the humor is quite dark for a childrens' book, but it is used sparingly and probably won't traumatize anyone.
Fitzhugh's voice and characters are wonderful as usual, and the varied setting of New York City is used to great effect, contrasting the welcoming shabbiness of Sport's neighborhood with the superficial comforts of his cold-hearted mother's lifestyle. I do wish Harriet featured more in this book, but Sport's other friends are fun too. Despite being a bit rough around the edges, they are true friends to Sport and wonderful energetic additions to the cast. If you liked Harriet the Spy, definitely try this one too: it's warm, witty and full of surprises!
Sport may not quite measure up to the first two Harriet the Spy books, but I love it nonetheless. Like the previous books, it comments a lot on materialism and loneliness, but with enough funny parts to keep it from being a downer. Some of the humor is quite dark for a childrens' book, but it is used sparingly and probably won't traumatize anyone.
Fitzhugh's voice and characters are wonderful as usual, and the varied setting of New York City is used to great effect, contrasting the welcoming shabbiness of Sport's neighborhood with the superficial comforts of his cold-hearted mother's lifestyle. I do wish Harriet featured more in this book, but Sport's other friends are fun too. Despite being a bit rough around the edges, they are true friends to Sport and wonderful energetic additions to the cast. If you liked Harriet the Spy, definitely try this one too: it's warm, witty and full of surprises!
June 3, 2012
Wes Anderson must make a film of Sport. I am willing to bet he read it growing up. Simultaneously laugh aloud funny and heart-breaking. Fantastic parody of late 60s NYC and old money/boho clashes. Cocktails, Brooks Bros, integration, and a kidnapping to the Plaza Hotel, much if it apparently based on Fitzhugh's own experiences as a pawn in her parens' bitter divorce.
Weirdly for a lesbian feminist author, the character of Kate is portrayed in a very sexist way. But perhaps this is also Fitzhugh's comment on what she perceived as the norm for adult behaviour.
Weirdly for a lesbian feminist author, the character of Kate is portrayed in a very sexist way. But perhaps this is also Fitzhugh's comment on what she perceived as the norm for adult behaviour.
March 27, 2012
I loved Harriet the Spy when I was a kid, but man I FLIPPED for this book. I can still see the blue library copy I must've read a dozen times.
February 15, 2015
A quick reread of a childhood favorite. Man, I really didn't understand half of this when I was a kid. But I'm stll fond of it.
June 10, 2016
I had forgotten all about this book! I know I loved it and now I must reread it, but no copies in my library system. Must buy used copy immediately!
April 13, 2023
Le 3 migliori strategie di scommesse sportive online
Quanto spesso vinci con le scommesse sportive online? Pensi che il tuo gioco sia corretto o fai delle imprecisioni che portano a perdite? Se vuoi trovare un bookmaker, consulta la nostra guida qui. Se desideri mantenere rendimenti positivi a lungo termine e ridurre al minimo il rischio, utilizza metodi di scommessa collaudati. Ecco 3 strategie che puoi utilizzare per aumentare le tue possibilità di battere i bookmaker. Certo, non esiste una garanzia al 100% di un risultato positivo, ma con una gestione ragionevole della banca realizzerai un profitto.
In via preliminare, è importante ricordare che i sistemi descritti devono essere applicati a eventi specifici. Se violi una condizione, il risultato sarà sfavorevole al bilanciamento del gioco. Scommesse sui pareggi combinati La prima strategia che entra in gioco riguarda la previsione dei colpi. Questo è ovviamente un compito difficile, ma d'altra parte la scommessa vale il rischio.
Nella maggior parte delle partite, le probabilità di un pareggio nei tempi regolamentari superano 3,00. Per raccogliere un tasso di interesse migliore e ridurre al minimo il rischio, è necessario aggiungere 2 selezioni con alta probabilità di esecuzione. Ad esempio: successo del Barcellona (qui) contro l'Elche, oltre 1,5 gol del Manchester City contro il West Ham, il Bayern segna almeno 2 gol all'Arminia Bielefeld. Mercati simili sono associati a quote di circa 1,30, ma moltiplicate formano 1,65-1,70. Devi scegliere 10 partite dal sorteggio che dovrebbero finire in parità. L'obiettivo sono le seguenti classi: • Lega francese 2; • Serie B d'Italia; • Seconda Lega dell'Argentina; • Lega professionistica iraniana; • Esempio B cileno. Molto spesso, il secondo livello ci offre partite senza vittorie.
Se scegli 10 partite, farai un totale di 10 colonne tra cui: - Sure Bet #1 – @1.30; - Scommessa sicura #2 - @1.30; - Pareggio - @3.50. Se si combinano mercati con valutazioni simili, si forma un tasso di cambio dell'ordine di 5,92. Puoi scommettere 10 euro ciascuno. per colonna, cioè dovrebbe essere preparato un totale di 100 euro. Nel caso in cui una delle scommesse probabili (quelle con quote più basse) non vinca, perdi tutte le colonne. Se li indovini e ottieni un successo dalle restanti 10 partite, puoi intascare una perdita di circa 60 euro. Il raggiungimento di un minimo di 2 pareggi vince. Naturalmente, prevedere la X finale è un compito noioso, ma se scegli eventi dai campionati giusti, puoi arrivare a 3-4 partite. Copertura - Strategia a rischio zero Questa strategia non è solo tra le prime 3, ma è anche un must se scommetti sulla linea. Il termine "copertura" indica l'eliminazione del rischio. L'idea è quella di scommettere su un evento contrario alle nostre precedenti aspettative. Affinché la copertura sia possibile, le partite devono essere giocate in momenti diversi. Supponiamo di aver unito in una colonna le seguenti partite: - 13:30 Sassuolo - Inter - gol/gol con quota 1.60; - 15:30 Liverpool - Burnley - oltre 2,5 gol per la squadra di casa a quota 1,70; - 19:00 Roma - Verona - vittoria dei padroni di casa con un coefficiente di 1,65. Nel caso in cui le prime due previsioni siano redditizie, puoi procedere con il trade di copertura. Il coefficiente complessivo della colonna è 4,49, cioè Con una puntata di 100 euro. - Giochi con un profitto di BGN 449. Se non vuoi che i "lupi" interrompano la tua serie di successi, fai una scommessa separata su X2. In questi casi otterrai una quota doppia a favore del Verona intorno a 2,20. La dimensione della scommessa di copertura è determinata dalla seguente formula: Profitto potenziale della colonna / Fattore di copertura. scommessa In una situazione specifica scommetti 205 euro. DS di X2 quindi non dipende dall'esito finale dell'ultima battaglia. Oskar Grind - Sistema Bet Double L'elenco delle strategie di scommesse sportive consigliate include il sistema Oskar Grind, che può essere utilizzato anche per giocare alla roulette. Gli scommettitori sono responsabili della determinazione del capitale iniziale e del profitto previsto. Oscar Grind non garantisce colpi preziosi, ma due pronostici consecutivi corretti ti daranno un buon punteggio. L'importante è scegliere selezioni con quote di 2.00 o superiori. Se hai un budget di 1000€. e la sua ambizione di vincere 100 euro ciascuno. al giorno, l'unità di scommessa deve essere di 100 euro. Se perdi, ripeti la scommessa con lo stesso importo, ma se ci riesci, la raddoppi. Per renderlo il più chiaro possibile, facciamo un esempio: - Una scommessa del valore di 100 euro. con un coefficiente di 2,00 - non redditizio; - Scommessa di 100€. Quota 2.00 - vincita; - BGN 200 scommessa con moltiplicatore 2.00 - profitto. In questo caso specifico, realizzerai un utile netto di 200 euro. con solo due previsioni corrette consecutive. Se decidi di utilizzare Oscar Grind, non andare dopo aver aumentato la banca di oltre il 10-20%. Quando viene raggiunta la quota desiderata, la soluzione migliore è ritirare il profitto.
Quanto spesso vinci con le scommesse sportive online? Pensi che il tuo gioco sia corretto o fai delle imprecisioni che portano a perdite? Se vuoi trovare un bookmaker, consulta la nostra guida qui. Se desideri mantenere rendimenti positivi a lungo termine e ridurre al minimo il rischio, utilizza metodi di scommessa collaudati. Ecco 3 strategie che puoi utilizzare per aumentare le tue possibilità di battere i bookmaker. Certo, non esiste una garanzia al 100% di un risultato positivo, ma con una gestione ragionevole della banca realizzerai un profitto.
In via preliminare, è importante ricordare che i sistemi descritti devono essere applicati a eventi specifici. Se violi una condizione, il risultato sarà sfavorevole al bilanciamento del gioco. Scommesse sui pareggi combinati La prima strategia che entra in gioco riguarda la previsione dei colpi. Questo è ovviamente un compito difficile, ma d'altra parte la scommessa vale il rischio.
Nella maggior parte delle partite, le probabilità di un pareggio nei tempi regolamentari superano 3,00. Per raccogliere un tasso di interesse migliore e ridurre al minimo il rischio, è necessario aggiungere 2 selezioni con alta probabilità di esecuzione. Ad esempio: successo del Barcellona (qui) contro l'Elche, oltre 1,5 gol del Manchester City contro il West Ham, il Bayern segna almeno 2 gol all'Arminia Bielefeld. Mercati simili sono associati a quote di circa 1,30, ma moltiplicate formano 1,65-1,70. Devi scegliere 10 partite dal sorteggio che dovrebbero finire in parità. L'obiettivo sono le seguenti classi: • Lega francese 2; • Serie B d'Italia; • Seconda Lega dell'Argentina; • Lega professionistica iraniana; • Esempio B cileno. Molto spesso, il secondo livello ci offre partite senza vittorie.
Se scegli 10 partite, farai un totale di 10 colonne tra cui: - Sure Bet #1 – @1.30; - Scommessa sicura #2 - @1.30; - Pareggio - @3.50. Se si combinano mercati con valutazioni simili, si forma un tasso di cambio dell'ordine di 5,92. Puoi scommettere 10 euro ciascuno. per colonna, cioè dovrebbe essere preparato un totale di 100 euro. Nel caso in cui una delle scommesse probabili (quelle con quote più basse) non vinca, perdi tutte le colonne. Se li indovini e ottieni un successo dalle restanti 10 partite, puoi intascare una perdita di circa 60 euro. Il raggiungimento di un minimo di 2 pareggi vince. Naturalmente, prevedere la X finale è un compito noioso, ma se scegli eventi dai campionati giusti, puoi arrivare a 3-4 partite. Copertura - Strategia a rischio zero Questa strategia non è solo tra le prime 3, ma è anche un must se scommetti sulla linea. Il termine "copertura" indica l'eliminazione del rischio. L'idea è quella di scommettere su un evento contrario alle nostre precedenti aspettative. Affinché la copertura sia possibile, le partite devono essere giocate in momenti diversi. Supponiamo di aver unito in una colonna le seguenti partite: - 13:30 Sassuolo - Inter - gol/gol con quota 1.60; - 15:30 Liverpool - Burnley - oltre 2,5 gol per la squadra di casa a quota 1,70; - 19:00 Roma - Verona - vittoria dei padroni di casa con un coefficiente di 1,65. Nel caso in cui le prime due previsioni siano redditizie, puoi procedere con il trade di copertura. Il coefficiente complessivo della colonna è 4,49, cioè Con una puntata di 100 euro. - Giochi con un profitto di BGN 449. Se non vuoi che i "lupi" interrompano la tua serie di successi, fai una scommessa separata su X2. In questi casi otterrai una quota doppia a favore del Verona intorno a 2,20. La dimensione della scommessa di copertura è determinata dalla seguente formula: Profitto potenziale della colonna / Fattore di copertura. scommessa In una situazione specifica scommetti 205 euro. DS di X2 quindi non dipende dall'esito finale dell'ultima battaglia. Oskar Grind - Sistema Bet Double L'elenco delle strategie di scommesse sportive consigliate include il sistema Oskar Grind, che può essere utilizzato anche per giocare alla roulette. Gli scommettitori sono responsabili della determinazione del capitale iniziale e del profitto previsto. Oscar Grind non garantisce colpi preziosi, ma due pronostici consecutivi corretti ti daranno un buon punteggio. L'importante è scegliere selezioni con quote di 2.00 o superiori. Se hai un budget di 1000€. e la sua ambizione di vincere 100 euro ciascuno. al giorno, l'unità di scommessa deve essere di 100 euro. Se perdi, ripeti la scommessa con lo stesso importo, ma se ci riesci, la raddoppi. Per renderlo il più chiaro possibile, facciamo un esempio: - Una scommessa del valore di 100 euro. con un coefficiente di 2,00 - non redditizio; - Scommessa di 100€. Quota 2.00 - vincita; - BGN 200 scommessa con moltiplicatore 2.00 - profitto. In questo caso specifico, realizzerai un utile netto di 200 euro. con solo due previsioni corrette consecutive. Se decidi di utilizzare Oscar Grind, non andare dopo aver aumentato la banca di oltre il 10-20%. Quando viene raggiunta la quota desiderata, la soluzione migliore è ritirare il profitto.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 8, 2024
This truly is a period piece. The classism, sexism, racism... pretty much all the ism's are represented here. It's awful, but in the best ways. It made me laugh I'll give it that. 😄
"We could have uniforms. "
"Yeah, maybe with red hats."
"Like the Black Muslims. "
"Don't laugh man, not funny."
"Hey, you a Muslim Harry?"
"I am for me, I am with nobody."
I don't know why, but I laughed harder at this than I should have 😆
"I don't come with much of a dowry," said Mr. Rocque, laughing.
" Only a head full of books," said Kate "that will do nicely." 🥰
The best part of this entire book is Kate.😍
"It's in a trust for you until you're 35. He picked that age, I'm sure, because he always said a man didn't know anything Until he was 35, and a woman didn't know anything. " 🤣🤣🤣
"Cut it out, Charlie. Let's take the kid home and talk to the father."
"What'll we do with the rest of Ellis island back there?"
😲😵😅🤣
That is top self, grade A racism at its finest. Of all the things said in this book, that one got me!
Every scrap of this:
"You know, if you have to die, and we have to die,
you'd think it would be easier to die rich."
"It is."
"Well, yeah. But on the other hand, now picture this. I go to the house and charlotte is there sobbing dutifully, and Carrie is there putting on a very tidy show of hysterics. I say, okay, I'm going over to the funeral home now, and they both look up through their tears and practically in unison they say, 'Not too expensive a casket.' I haven't naturally, a price list of caskets on me, so I say, "What would you like? A nice pine box?" and they're both horrified.
'Something suitable.' says Carrie demurely. 'No one will see it anyway,' says Charlotte. 'It will be covered with flowers.' 'Randolph's was very nice,' says Carrie. Randolph is her husband who is dead some four years,' she says as though she got it on sale at Macy's.
"So, I say, shall I try for two thousand?" and Charlotte looks at me and bursts
into tears. 'You always were brutal," she says to me!"
"I don't believe it," Kate said.
"Brutal! Are you ready for that? They're sitting there bargaining, and I'm brutal.
So I leave. I go to the funeral home. Some man ushers me into a room
full of caskets. I look at them. You could go to Europe in so of them,
first class. They've got silver handles, gold even. He points to one
that looks so much like a Mercedes, I get out of the way.
He says, 'This is very nice.' I feel like saying 'Listen the guys dead,
he won't be able to trade it in next year,' but I say nothing and ask
the price. He says ten thousand. Are you ready?"
"Ten thousand dollars?!"
"That's right."
"That's ridiculous."
"Now here's the payoff. That's the lowest price they have."
"No."
"What'd you do then?"
"I say, I think I'm in the wrong room."
He looks very sad. I say, We're interested in something less expensive.'
He looks even sadder. 'It will be covered anyway,' I say
desperately, and he looks like he will cry. We stand there at a loss.
I'm not going to give in and he is not going to give in."
"What happened then?"
"We'd still be standing there if Wilton hadn't walked in. When he walks in
the whole thing changes. He doesn't even say hello to the guy.
Wilton marches up to him and says, 'Five thousand.'The one in the
black suit glides like with roller skates right over to an exact
duplicate of the Mercedes and points to it. Wilton nods and that's the
end of it. We walk out."
"Fascinating."
"Five thousand dollars!"
"Look at the accountant," he said fondly.
"Seymour's father cost three thousand."
"They will arrive at their intended destinations no matter what it
costs."
"No matter what they're driving."
And they laughed
"What a day you've had."
"We could have uniforms. "
"Yeah, maybe with red hats."
"Like the Black Muslims. "
"Don't laugh man, not funny."
"Hey, you a Muslim Harry?"
"I am for me, I am with nobody."
I don't know why, but I laughed harder at this than I should have 😆
"I don't come with much of a dowry," said Mr. Rocque, laughing.
" Only a head full of books," said Kate "that will do nicely." 🥰
The best part of this entire book is Kate.😍
"It's in a trust for you until you're 35. He picked that age, I'm sure, because he always said a man didn't know anything Until he was 35, and a woman didn't know anything. " 🤣🤣🤣
"Cut it out, Charlie. Let's take the kid home and talk to the father."
"What'll we do with the rest of Ellis island back there?"
😲😵😅🤣
That is top self, grade A racism at its finest. Of all the things said in this book, that one got me!
Every scrap of this:
"You know, if you have to die, and we have to die,
you'd think it would be easier to die rich."
"It is."
"Well, yeah. But on the other hand, now picture this. I go to the house and charlotte is there sobbing dutifully, and Carrie is there putting on a very tidy show of hysterics. I say, okay, I'm going over to the funeral home now, and they both look up through their tears and practically in unison they say, 'Not too expensive a casket.' I haven't naturally, a price list of caskets on me, so I say, "What would you like? A nice pine box?" and they're both horrified.
'Something suitable.' says Carrie demurely. 'No one will see it anyway,' says Charlotte. 'It will be covered with flowers.' 'Randolph's was very nice,' says Carrie. Randolph is her husband who is dead some four years,' she says as though she got it on sale at Macy's.
"So, I say, shall I try for two thousand?" and Charlotte looks at me and bursts
into tears. 'You always were brutal," she says to me!"
"I don't believe it," Kate said.
"Brutal! Are you ready for that? They're sitting there bargaining, and I'm brutal.
So I leave. I go to the funeral home. Some man ushers me into a room
full of caskets. I look at them. You could go to Europe in so of them,
first class. They've got silver handles, gold even. He points to one
that looks so much like a Mercedes, I get out of the way.
He says, 'This is very nice.' I feel like saying 'Listen the guys dead,
he won't be able to trade it in next year,' but I say nothing and ask
the price. He says ten thousand. Are you ready?"
"Ten thousand dollars?!"
"That's right."
"That's ridiculous."
"Now here's the payoff. That's the lowest price they have."
"No."
"What'd you do then?"
"I say, I think I'm in the wrong room."
He looks very sad. I say, We're interested in something less expensive.'
He looks even sadder. 'It will be covered anyway,' I say
desperately, and he looks like he will cry. We stand there at a loss.
I'm not going to give in and he is not going to give in."
"What happened then?"
"We'd still be standing there if Wilton hadn't walked in. When he walks in
the whole thing changes. He doesn't even say hello to the guy.
Wilton marches up to him and says, 'Five thousand.'The one in the
black suit glides like with roller skates right over to an exact
duplicate of the Mercedes and points to it. Wilton nods and that's the
end of it. We walk out."
"Fascinating."
"Five thousand dollars!"
"Look at the accountant," he said fondly.
"Seymour's father cost three thousand."
"They will arrive at their intended destinations no matter what it
costs."
"No matter what they're driving."
And they laughed
"What a day you've had."
October 10, 2020
This is a very difficult and over priced book to get a hold of, so it must be quite rare now, but I'd read[[ASIN:B01K3N5LX4 The Long Secret]] and the two spin offs and wanted to complete my collection. I think this follows The Long Secret, if you want the exact reading order.
Although mostly, this book is based around Sport, Harriet's sidekick from the first book. This leads up to Sport's father getting married (quite quickly I might add) to Kate, who we meet in some of the later books, and finally allows Sport to start being a kid again, rather than worrying about money. Harriet does appear in this book, but not until a good chunk of the way through it, and Janie only gets a passing mention. Sport also has to do a lot of growing up in this book, with his father getting married, getting a stepmum and having to deal with his own childish mum and his grandfather dying.
You also get to see a lot of Sport's world, without Harriet's blinkers on. He goes to an all boys school after sixth grade, and we meet some of his other friends. I did find the language that Louise used for the pre-teen boys very annoying though, as clearly they were supposed to be swearing, but it was just blank this and blank that. For some reason, I did get the boys in my head saying "blank" a lot of the time. I didn't find them very well described however, Sport's friends, but they do come across as very loyal to Sport.
His mother though, what a money grabbing cow. From reading The Long Secret and the spin offs, it is a common recurring theme throughout Louise's writing, that some mothers are viewed in the worst way and a lot of the time they are described as ditzy money hungry airheads. Possibly this comes from Louise's experiences in New York as her[[ASIN:1580057691 posthumous biography]] states.
I did like the effect of Kate in Sport's life and his father's. Rather than go down the stereotypical route of the wicked, evil stepmother, Kate is kind, caring, and fits into their lives like she was meant to be there.
There's nothing really much in the way of puberty talk, like there are in some of the later books, apart from Sport's friends going googly eyed over Beth Ellen and Harriet - and Harriet's notebook does make a couple of appearances. There are two uses of the "n" word, just for note.
Having gone from only believing that there was one Harriet the Spy book, I have now read them all in less than a month. My dad, being the one who originally introduced me to Harriet, has not been able to get into them unfortunately, but still feels the same magic that he had when he first read Harriet. The latter books have lost that Louise Fitzhugh magic, but I would still say that they are worth reading, if you liked the original Harriet The Spy, but want to read more about her friends, rather than just focusing on her.
Although mostly, this book is based around Sport, Harriet's sidekick from the first book. This leads up to Sport's father getting married (quite quickly I might add) to Kate, who we meet in some of the later books, and finally allows Sport to start being a kid again, rather than worrying about money. Harriet does appear in this book, but not until a good chunk of the way through it, and Janie only gets a passing mention. Sport also has to do a lot of growing up in this book, with his father getting married, getting a stepmum and having to deal with his own childish mum and his grandfather dying.
You also get to see a lot of Sport's world, without Harriet's blinkers on. He goes to an all boys school after sixth grade, and we meet some of his other friends. I did find the language that Louise used for the pre-teen boys very annoying though, as clearly they were supposed to be swearing, but it was just blank this and blank that. For some reason, I did get the boys in my head saying "blank" a lot of the time. I didn't find them very well described however, Sport's friends, but they do come across as very loyal to Sport.
His mother though, what a money grabbing cow. From reading The Long Secret and the spin offs, it is a common recurring theme throughout Louise's writing, that some mothers are viewed in the worst way and a lot of the time they are described as ditzy money hungry airheads. Possibly this comes from Louise's experiences in New York as her[[ASIN:1580057691 posthumous biography]] states.
I did like the effect of Kate in Sport's life and his father's. Rather than go down the stereotypical route of the wicked, evil stepmother, Kate is kind, caring, and fits into their lives like she was meant to be there.
There's nothing really much in the way of puberty talk, like there are in some of the later books, apart from Sport's friends going googly eyed over Beth Ellen and Harriet - and Harriet's notebook does make a couple of appearances. There are two uses of the "n" word, just for note.
Having gone from only believing that there was one Harriet the Spy book, I have now read them all in less than a month. My dad, being the one who originally introduced me to Harriet, has not been able to get into them unfortunately, but still feels the same magic that he had when he first read Harriet. The latter books have lost that Louise Fitzhugh magic, but I would still say that they are worth reading, if you liked the original Harriet The Spy, but want to read more about her friends, rather than just focusing on her.
June 18, 2020
This was amazing.
Even in the original Harriet book, Sport stood out as one of the most interesting characters. He and Harriet live nearly opposite experiences: her always seeking new things from her position in a sometimes-nearly-too-stable family, and him desperately seeking some stability to shore up the quicksand that is his life.
This book tells his story, expanding on the tiny fragments we got to see in Harriet the Spy, and I loved it. This is definitely the most high-stakes book in the series. No need for Sport to go around looking for half-made-up mysteries to solve -- his life already has far too much adventure, including two kidnappings, a dangerous run-in with the cops, and amounts of money most people can only dream of.
Sport's rich mom reminds me of a lawful evil version of Beth Ellen's chaotic neutral mom from the second book. It's Sport's dad that really throws a different flavor into this story. He came off really badly in Harriet the Spy. His irresponsibility and parentification of his eleven-year-old son are almost impossible to see past for an outsider looking in, but looking at him from Sport's perspective, we get to see the brave, selfless, loving sides of him as well.
The addition of Kate to the household was really sweet, and made so much more of an impact on Sport than even the money. The kidnapping upped the tension in the book, but not nearly as much as the encounter with the police. False witness is one of the worst, most stressful things in the world -- but the payoff was great, especially the contrast between when the police take Sport to his mom's house, versus when they finally make it to his dad's.
I didn't mention Harriet, because she's barely in two scenes. She wasn't even really rude once, which shows you how minimal her impact was on the story. Would it have been nice if she showed up more? Sure. But you know what? This book doesn't need her. It's great just the way it is.
Even in the original Harriet book, Sport stood out as one of the most interesting characters. He and Harriet live nearly opposite experiences: her always seeking new things from her position in a sometimes-nearly-too-stable family, and him desperately seeking some stability to shore up the quicksand that is his life.
This book tells his story, expanding on the tiny fragments we got to see in Harriet the Spy, and I loved it. This is definitely the most high-stakes book in the series. No need for Sport to go around looking for half-made-up mysteries to solve -- his life already has far too much adventure, including two kidnappings, a dangerous run-in with the cops, and amounts of money most people can only dream of.
Sport's rich mom reminds me of a lawful evil version of Beth Ellen's chaotic neutral mom from the second book. It's Sport's dad that really throws a different flavor into this story. He came off really badly in Harriet the Spy. His irresponsibility and parentification of his eleven-year-old son are almost impossible to see past for an outsider looking in, but looking at him from Sport's perspective, we get to see the brave, selfless, loving sides of him as well.
The addition of Kate to the household was really sweet, and made so much more of an impact on Sport than even the money. The kidnapping upped the tension in the book, but not nearly as much as the encounter with the police. False witness is one of the worst, most stressful things in the world -- but the payoff was great, especially the contrast between when the police take Sport to his mom's house, versus when they finally make it to his dad's.
I didn't mention Harriet, because she's barely in two scenes. She wasn't even really rude once, which shows you how minimal her impact was on the story. Would it have been nice if she showed up more? Sure. But you know what? This book doesn't need her. It's great just the way it is.
February 16, 2021
Sport is a wonderful book. I really enjoyed it. Sport, an eleven year old with divorced parents, is a strong character who's easy to get behind and root for. He's dealing with his grandfather who is dying and his mother who has returned from Europe. Sport is used to living with his father and taking care of him. he's been doing the finances forever. He cooks, cleans and basically runs the home. His father is a caring man but easily distracted. He is a writer staying home and working during the day. He trusts and loves Sport more than anything. While Sport's mother doesn't want anything to do with him...until now. All of a sudden she wants full custody. The reason is greed and it's up to Sport to prove it so he can remain with his father and his new girlfriend who Sport is getting to know. Kate is different from any of the other women his father has dated....she's really nice. She doesn't care that their budget is super tight or that his father is scatterbrained. She seems to actually be fine with all that....and she cares for Sport more than his mother ever has right off the bat. Can Sports remain with his loving father or will his rich mother and her expensive lawyers be able to steal him away?
This book deals with greed and divorce. And it does it very well. The writing is superb with insight to what a young boy might be feeling while his world is changing around him. The characters are well defined. It's a page turner. I couldn't wait to read what happened next.
This book deals with greed and divorce. And it does it very well. The writing is superb with insight to what a young boy might be feeling while his world is changing around him. The characters are well defined. It's a page turner. I couldn't wait to read what happened next.
May 18, 2024
I really enjoyed this, which after a couple of lacklustre choices was a relief. I ate it in a couple of hours. Growing up in the 60s I read Harriet the Spy several times, and it inspired me to try to keep a notebook...until my mother started reading it while I was at school and taking exception to things I wrote. That taught me never to put anything in writing I didn't want used against me in a kangaroo court, I can tell you. Yeah, I tried to hide it, but there was no "hide" she would not find. Sport seemed a sympathetic sidebar character in that book: a young boy parenting his dreamy-minded father, but there was no indication that I remember of a divorce; I always assumed Sport's mother had died.
Fast forward several decades and I re-read Harriet and didn't find her nearly so appealing as I did at ages 8-11 (having left my own dysfunctional family), but I decided to give Sport a fair trial. Sport's dad has met a new love and Sport, though wary at first, discovers the loving mother he never had. His biological mother is still alive, but wants nothing to do with him unless it's as a pawn in her schemes. Harriet appears briefly in two scenes as a mere background scribble; Sport now has male friends his own age, though he still feels friendly enough toward Harriet. She, however, seems not to have progressed an inch. I didn't miss her a bit.
Fast forward several decades and I re-read Harriet and didn't find her nearly so appealing as I did at ages 8-11 (having left my own dysfunctional family), but I decided to give Sport a fair trial. Sport's dad has met a new love and Sport, though wary at first, discovers the loving mother he never had. His biological mother is still alive, but wants nothing to do with him unless it's as a pawn in her schemes. Harriet appears briefly in two scenes as a mere background scribble; Sport now has male friends his own age, though he still feels friendly enough toward Harriet. She, however, seems not to have progressed an inch. I didn't miss her a bit.
May 2, 2020
I loved Harriet the Spy when I was a kid and liked the sequel, The Long Secret. I recently read an article in which the Louise Fitzhugh was discussed and it made me want to reread the books. Sport is another sequel published posthumously many years after the first books and many years after I stopped reading children’s books so I’d missed it. Unfortunately Sport is not nearly of the same quality as the earlier books and Sport, the character, has been changed in subtle and unsatisfying ways. In Harriet, Sport was a relatively happy kid. He had lots of responsibility caretaking his preoccupied father, but he was good at it and not resentful. Sport’s father was barely eking a living but they were making it. Sport didn’t seem to consider his life hard or unusual—his was just another kind of family. In this book Sport is so rapidly plunged into real troubles that he seems an overwhelmed and helpless kid. Sport’s relationship with his newly rediscovered mother is virtually identical to Beth Ellen’s relationship with her equally re-entering mother in The Long Secret, which is a problem for me. I have faith that Fitzhugh had more than one idea about mother-child relationships and having now read this book, I fear it was an undeveloped draft that someone decided to publish after her death. After nearly identical scenes of new wardrobes and new lifestyles with rich moms, Sport’s mom goes beyond the pale and does some seriously bad stuff. It IS a children’s book so there’s a happy ending but it seems sort of contrived after all that’s gone before. I’m left loving Harriet the Spy but trying to forget Sport.
August 15, 2025
Sport is the second companion book to Harriet the Spy. Sport has been dealing with managing the household as his father tries to make it as a writer. The book focuses on the changes that take place as his father remarries, his grandfather dies, and his mother attempts to take custody to gain more in the estate. Meanwhile, Fitzhugh presents a running undercurrent of class and racial issues (the n-word pops up twice). And there are a few outdated elements (Sport's father has to handle the funeral arrangements for his ex-father-in-law, because that is a duty for a man. So, it's the job for the ex-son-in-law rather than one of the daughters.) It's a much darker story that points towards things that children face when their family situation changes (not so much the becoming rich part, but the other parts). We do spy an old friend who seems to be up to their old tricks...and it's fascinating to get an outside perspective on their habits.
Fitzhugh's linked trilogy presents some rich insights into the world of children and adults. It's sometimes a rough read, but it mostly holds up.
Fitzhugh's linked trilogy presents some rich insights into the world of children and adults. It's sometimes a rough read, but it mostly holds up.
February 26, 2019
As a childhood fan of Fitzhugh's 'Harriet the Spy' I was sorely disappointed in this follow up. Sport and his father are far less intriguing than Harriet and her cast of characters; there is much less insight about human character because Sport does not observe people in the way Harriet did, which was the inspiring charm of the original book. Oddly, Sport is less sympathetic when taken in his own apartment, and seems rather one dimensional. This book's plot devices - greedy mother, wealthy grandfather's death, kidnapping scheme and dad's love interest - just don't ring true. Frankly it was a bore to read. The novel is a sad mirror of it's time - with offensive remarks about cops, Puerto Ricans, Jews, and Blacks (yes - I was stunned to read the N word) - which might have been palatable if Sport's situation had drawn me in and made me sympathetic so that I could understand him and his place in his world.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 90 reviews