Long Arm Quarterback: A New Football Team Sparks an Old Rivalry

By Matt Christopher

Book Overview

Cap Wadell loves football, but it seems unlikely that he'll ever get to play on a real team-his hometown is so small that there aren't enough boys in his school to fill a regulation squad. Then his grandfather tells him how he solved that same problem years before: He and his schoolmates started a six-man football league. If Cap wants to do the same thing, Grandpa will be happy to help. He'll even coach the team if the league gets off the ground. It does, and soon Cap and his friends are learning the rules of six-man football. Cap is in competition for the starting quarterback spot with Jimmy Cash, but that's not a problem. What is a problem is that Grandpa and Jimmy's grandfather have reignited an old football feud. When their rivalry starts to affect the team, Cap wonders if the team will survive. For a complete list of all of Matt Christopher's titles, please turn to the last pages of this book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316105627
• ISBN13: 9780316105620
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

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The book I'm reviewing is The Long Arm Quarterback by Matt Christopher. I give this book four stars because it is well-written and a fun book to read. This book is about how Cap's grandpa starts a six man football league with the surrounding towns. Cap's grandpa is the coach for Cap's town. When the first practice came, Cap's grandpa found out that one of his players was his rival's grandson. Jimmy's grandpa and Cap's grandpa played against each other in a six man league during high school. Later on, Cap's grandpa finds out that Jimmy is also a quarterback along with Cap. Read this book and find out who will start at quarterback and if Cap's grandpa and Jimmy's grandpa will become friends.

THe Long Arm Quarterback

The book The Long Arm Quarterback is a good book. In the book they start a six man football team. There team is pretty good but they are not the best team in the leage. There are three or more book on football that Matt Christopher has writen. I would like to read more books on football that Matt Christopher has writen.

The Long Arm Quarterback

I like football so this book was good to read. This book is very exciting. I would like to read more books like this one. I think there are lots of other book that are about football that Matt Christopher wrote.

Long-Arm Quaterback

Cap decided to make a man football league but someone wanted to take his spot so he told his granpa (coach of the team), then granpa let both of them play.I agree with the author about this book. My favorite part was when Cap and Jimmy both try to be quaterback. I liked it because the author showed how each character feeled. Iwould recommend this book anyone who likes football because this book is a story based on football.