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    Captain Awesome, Soccer Star
    Captain Awesome, Soccer Star
    Captain Awesome, Soccer Star
    Ebook98 pages26 minutes

    Captain Awesome, Soccer Star

    By Stan Kirby and George O'Connor

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    It’s soccer season in Sunnyview and Captain Awesome and Nacho Cheese Man are ready to play! All superheroes are spectacular at sports...right?

    Eugene McGillicudy and Charlie Thomas Jones can’t wait to join Sunnyview’s eight-year-old soccer team. These superhero pals have no doubt that they will lead the team to victory. MI-TEE!
         But when Captain Awesome’s (aka Eugene’s) soccer skills prove to be less than super and his dad decides to coach the team, Captain Awesome starts to wonder if the Sunnyview Megabytes have what it takes to defeat the Westville Kickers.
         With easy-to-read text and illustrations on almost every page, the Captain Awesome chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLittle Simon
    Release dateAug 28, 2012
    ISBN9781442443334
    Captain Awesome, Soccer Star
    Author

    Stan Kirby

    Stan Kirby tied a beach towel around his neck and became Super Commander Beach Boy when he was six years old. When Stan’s not creating the awesome adventures of Captain Awesome, he loves reading comic books, eating okra, and hang gliding (but not at the same time).

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    • 4/5
      Following in the same vein as previous books in this series, Eugene and Charlie fill each chapter with non-stop action making for a speedy, exciting non-stop read that tugs at what appeals to boys. Fun story with a value learned. Eugene loves soccer and joins up only to find one catastrophe after another: his dad is coach, the team is co-ed meaning Meredith is there, he can't kick the ball without fulling over, the evil WHISTLEBLOWER is the referee and he receives a yellow card when he arrives on the field in his Captain Awesome uniform. After this final strategy it is his best friend that makes him realize that he, Eugene McGillicudy, is the super hero, not the cape. Even without the cape and the costume he can still stop the evil from eviling! Captain Awesome is always fast-paced and fun! Highly recommended for new chapterbook readers of all ages.

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    Captain Awesome, Soccer Star - Stan Kirby

    CHAPTER 1

    Fall Falls on

    Captain Awesome

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    Eugene

    FALL!

    Is there a worse name for a season than fall? Eugene McGillicudy thought as he walked home from Sunnyview Elementary School where he had just escaped from second grade.

    Fall. Who names a season after an accident? Are there other seasons called trip or crash or oops?

    NO.

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    So why name it fall? Is it really because the leaves are turning color and falling off the trees and that snow might soon be falling from the sky?

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    Really?

    Whatever the reason, it is certainly better than autumn. I’d bet no one even knows what that word means, Eugene thought.

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    Fall was the most boring, BORING, BO-RING time of year between the start of the school year and winter break—a time when NOTHING happens.

    Oh sure, you can say that there’s Halloween, but that’s really only for one day and sometimes it rains. Thanksgiving? What really happens on Thanksgiving besides a lot of eating, falling asleep in front of the television, and having to listen to wrinkly old relatives say, Oh, my! Look how big so-and-so has gotten!

    So yeah, there’s nothing.

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    KA-THUNKK!

    OUCH! cried Eugene, his thoughts now focused on things hitting his head.

    I’m under attack! Eugene thought and dove for cover behind a tree. But who could it be?!

    KA-THUNKK!

    Ouch! Something bounced off of his head again.

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    Curse you, Captain Ka-Thunk! I know it’s you! Eugene quickly poked his head out from behind the tree and shouted. You’ll not ka-thunk the number one fan of Super Dude without a fight!

    What’s that?

    You’ve never heard of Super Dude?

    Do you live in a crater on the moon? Actually, if you’ve never heard of Super Dude, then you’d have to live in a crater on the dark side of the moon.

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