Lastly, I think this would interest readers because there are two people with opposite personalities that work together. I think that 8-12 years old would like this book. To sum up, I would recommend this book because it has plot twists and it is fun to read. Adidas Arthur Richardson awesome ball ball hog basket basketball bench Blazers brainiac brother can’t chopsticks Chris Coach asked Coach Baxter cool court Dad asked deep breath district competition dribbling dumpster everything eyes feel felt glanced. Overall, the book reminded me of my athletic friend and my academic friend and how they often fight. Mathlete was similar to The Eighth Day because, like Owen and Russell, Riley and Jax didn’t get along at first, but had understood each other by the end of the book.
Russ, the brainiac, and Owen, his athletically focused twin, are now getting along better, both doing. Mathlete, 2013) return for a second outing, once again exploring in alternating first-person voices the differences between brothers as filtered through their basketball experiences. I found this book to be unique because it had a lot of changing and interesting scenes. Seventh-grade fraternal twins Russ and Owen ( Athlete vs. I also found Owen interesting because even though he was mad at Russell, he later tried to make it up to Russell. I feel that the author was trying to communicate that we should be open-minded to the fact that a person can be good at more than one thing.Īs a matter of fact, my favorite part was when Owen was trying to make up for his mistake with Russell by searching for Russell’s shoe in a dumpster.
In this book, I learned to recognize one’s strengths and weaknesses, and to know when to ask for help. Mathlete: Time-Out Benchwarmers by Feinstein, John Force out by Green, Tim, 1963- A whole new ballgame by Bildner, Phil Game face by Gunnery. As a result, the brothers assist one another to try and solve each other’s problems. Owen as an athlete felt insecure about Russell, and Russell felt threatened as the captain of the Masters of the Mind club by a new kid. Then, Russell proves himself to be good at basketball.
Mack.įor a start, Owen Evans is good at basketball while his twin brother Russell would rather read books and do math. Owen was jealous of Russell because he made the the team but then Russell got mad.then he dident want to talk to owen or look at him but owen told him the truth and they played a basketball game it was the. “Buuuzzzzzz!” Will they make it? Or will they break it? Come find out with Owen and Russell Evans in Athlete vs. Athlete vs Mathlete Christopher Gutierrez Athlete vs Mathlete Christopher Gutierrez.