Kick

I picked Kick up at a thrift store for 50 cents, and it was a good find. I liked this book for several reasons. One, it was about soccer, and I don't have many of these in my library. Two, it has a strong mentor for a boy who needs someone he can trust, something many of my students need. Three, it......more

Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman write together quite well. An experimental sort of novel, Kick—in which Myers and Workman have alternated writing chapters from two different first-person points of view—allows both authors to shine in their particular areas of creative strength. As always, Walter......more

Kevin Johnson is a thirteen year old star soccer player for his team in New Jersey. He has his moments when he goes over the top when he gets angry, but he never goes too far. Until one night. When Kevin winds up in jail his life changes. And somehow, all he can think about is the State Cup his team......more

Walter Dean Myers has long been my go to recommendation for young men who don't think books still matter to them. So seeing that he'd tried his hand at a soccer player's story, I was quite hopeful. The story of Kick is in keeping with Myers talents (a gifted kid on the brink of trouble, trying to hol......more

In my opinion, Kick is a well executed book that I could relate to my own personal life in different ways. It starts out with an officer and his typical day job. However, the case he took this time was the investigation of a man who committed the crime is the son to an ex-officer in the force. The a......more