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 news: Sport’s wealthy grandfather has just died and...
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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 news: 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 escape and return his life to normal?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780440418184 (0440418186)
Publish date: February 17th 2010
Publisher: Yearling
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Series: Harriet the Spy (#3)
Louise Fitzhugh wrote one of the great classics of children's lit with 'Harriet the Spy' and the neglected sequel 'The Long Summer' has a lot to offer. This book, the third and final book featuring Harriet was published a few years after Fitzhugh's death. I was pleased to get a-hold of this awhile a...
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...
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