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Edenville Owls
By Parker, Robert B.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39924-656-2
- Publisher
- Sleuth Philomel
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2007
Gr 6-9 It's 1945, and Bobby and his suburban Boston friends spend their free time traveling to other schools to compete in basketball games. Their junior high does not have a gym or a coach, so when it is announced that independent teams will be included in the state JV tournament, this group of six friends who call themselves the Owls feels a new sense of purpose. Outside circumstances threaten their single-mindedness, however. As Bobby sees a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2007
Edenville is a fitting name for the idyllic Massachusetts town where, just after the close of World War II, Bobby Murphy enjoys such innocent boyhood pastimes as cowboy films, radio shows, comic books, and basketball. But Bobby's simple life becomes more complex as he enters the eighth grade. His pickup team, the Edenville Owls, becomes his school's first JV basketball team (though they have...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Eighth-grader Bobby's life gets complicated as he plays JV basketball, develops a crush, and, while investigating a dark secret involving ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
