Monday, April 14, 2014

Athlete vs. Mathlete by W.C. Mack

Grades 4+
Realistic Fiction

For twin brothers Owen and Russell, life is simple.  Owen is the athlete and Russell is the mathlete in the family.  Then, a new basketball coach comes to town.  He wants Russell to try out for the basketball team and won't take no for an answer.  What will Owen do?


Author website: www.wcmack.com/

21 comments:

  1. Athlete vs. Mathlete by W.C.Mack is a very good book. I would recommend this book to somebody because it was very funny and a lot of people would get the whole story. The part when Russell becomes a basketball player is very interesting in my opinion. This book was one of the best I ever read.

    Ben A Steere Farm

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  2. I liked Athlete vs. Mathlete because it relates to me with basketball and math with are two things I like a lot. It has moments where you wish you were watching the basketball game or you were playing in the basketball game. It was a great book and I would recommend it to everybody.

    Connor M. Steere Farm

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  3. I liked Athlete vs. Mathlete because it has sports and math both are things that I love or like. It has some things were your like he is so jealous, or how did that happen. Sometimes you don’t even expect things to happen, but they do. I am glad I read it.

    Cameron D. Steere Farm

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  4. I liked Athlete vs. Mathlete because it has sports and math both are things that I love or like. It has some things were your like he is so jealous, or how did that happen. Sometimes you don’t even expect things to happen, but they do. I am glad I read it.

    Cameron D.
    Steere Farm

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  5. I liked Athlete vs. Mathlete because it relates to me with basketball and math with are two things I like a lot. It has moments where you wish you were watching the basketball game or you were playing in the basketball game. It was a great book and I would recommend it to everybody.

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  6. I like Athlete vs. Mathlete. It is about twins that are opposites.Russell who is the mathlete starts getting really good at basketball. Owen, the athlete starts getting jealous. My favorite part was when Russell did the jump shot at tryouts when Owen thought he couldn’t do basketball. I really liked this book because it was very funny. I would recommend this book.

    M.S. Greenbush Elementary School

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  7. You should read Athlete vs Mathlete because it is funny and it is cool. you. Owen and Russell are twins. Russell makes the basketball team and Owen, athlete gets jealous. This was a fun book to read.

    K.W.
    Greenbush Elementary School

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  8. I really like this book because I play basketball. It helped me understand the part when it was a basketball game in the book. I think kids that play sports would enjoy the book.
    JA-Greenbush Elementary School.

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  9. You should read Athlete vs Mathlete because it’s a interesting book. This is about two twins that one is named Owen, he is the athlete and Russell, he is the mathlete. Russell tries to be a athlete and that messes up his job as an mathlete. This book is funny and can help you get a job like if you wanted to play Basketball.

    AJ Greenbush Elementary School


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  10. I think Athlete vs. Mathlete is a good book because it is really funny . It is about this boy who is a math genius and he starts to play basketball. His brother played basketball before him and he get’s jealous. I recommend this to all my friends and my school.

    A.J.
    Greenbush Elementary School
    West Warwick

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  11. You should read Athlete vs Mathlete because it has an exciting twist where the mathlete becomes an athlete. I liked this book because I liked listening to one brother getting really good at basketball and his other brother getting jealous because that’s his sport. My favorite character is Owen because even when Russell was mean to him he still stays positive.


    Damon W.
    Greenbush Elementary school
    West Warwick

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  12. You should read this book because it is about basketball and I like basketball. My favorite part was when the mathlete Russell got the shoes he wanted.
    AD-Greenbush Elementary School

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  13. You should read this book Athlete vs Mathlete because it is about basketball and math. My favorite part was basketball because I play on a team.

    BMR
    Greenbush Elementary School

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  14. I did not like Athlete vs. Mathlete because I think its too much about Russell and not about Owen. I liked Owen better because he was the athlete and he’s like me. I still thought it was a little funny though. This book did not catch my interest. I was thinking of something different. I would not prefer this book.

    Greenbush Elementary School Michael S.

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  15. This book is about two brothers who have different interests. One brother is a mathlete and the other is an athlete. My favorite part of this book was when Russell and his team for Masters of the Mind survived the two story egg drop. I would recommend this book to a person that hasn’t read it yet because maybe they will have a connection to make with the book. The connection I’d like to make is that I like sports and math. If you hadn’t read this book yet you will have to read on see what happens.

    -Elise C. Greenbush Elementary School

























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  16. I liked this book because it was funny when Owen got in trouble by his dad. I felt really bad for Owen.

    4th gr. student
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  17. I like this book because it has lots of drama, good words, action, and it gets you excited about what's going to happen next. There are two boys that are brothers. One loves math and one loves sports and their names are Owen and Russell. Owen loves basketball and Russell loves master of the mind that is a math program. I got excited and now its your turn.

    K.K
    GreenBush Elementary School

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  18. I like this book because it is about twins that are different from each other. One likes basketball and the other likes math. Owen is the boy that likes Basketball and Russell is the boy that likes math. I have a connection to both of them, I play Basketball and I like to learn. I think that you should read it because the book will make you want to keep reading on and on.

    Quenten, The Grace School

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  19. I like this book because i like how they find out that twins go to there school and automaticly make the team and the two main characters

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  20. This book looks funny and interesting and i hope i can find this book in my school library! I play basketball and i am good at math so i look forward to reading it!

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  21. This book looks funny and interesting and I hope I can find it in my school library! I play basketball and I am good at math so I am looking forward to reading Athlete V.S. Mathlete by W.C. Mack!

    Maddie K.

    Lincoln Central

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