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By: Anne Ylvisaker
Narrated by: Sanjiv Jhaveri
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Ever since local boy Lester Ward got drafted by the University of Iowa Hawkeyes and football fever hit Goodhue, Iowa, scrawny Ned Button can think of nothing but the game. Sure, Lester’s younger bully of a brother is determined to keep Ned and his gang from ever getting near a real pickup game. But Ned has a few tricks up his sleeve: he can catch and sometimes even throw, much to his surprise. And he’s got his eccentric grandpa Ike, who has less get-up-and-go these days, but no shortage of down-home wisdom to pass along. Like that being a football star is less about being big and more about strategy and playing as part of a team. And that having friends and family in your corner is a bigger prize than a lucky football will ever be.

From the acclaimed author of The Luck of the Buttons comes another story about a sometimes hapless, always winning family that scores big points for humor and heart.

©2012 Anne Ylvisaker (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc
Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Multigenerational Family Friendship Sports Game Witty Heartfelt
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