Venus and the Comets

by Erika Tamar

Book Overview

Nine-year-old Venus Macquire is ready to trade smiling for the camera for nailing a soccer ball into the net. Her mother isn't thrilled. She's been grooming Venus for supermodel status since her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581960077
• ISBN13: 9781581960075
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Darby Creek Publishing
• Length: 93 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Not Just for Girls -- a review by Cy, age 10

Nine-year-old Venus Macguire is anxious to give up all she has in order to receive a spot on the 4th grade soccer team, the Comets. But Venus's mother has other plans. When Venus's mother was 10, she had received an award for modeling, and she wants Venus to follow in her footsteps. At first Venus continues to visit soccer practice, but when the Comets' first game comes, her mother notifies her that on the same day she must model at the opening of the brand new toy store, called OH! BOY! TOYS! Venus goes to drastic measures to get exactly what she wants.Although short, this book is about 70 percent exciting. The first part 35 pages of the book are fairly boring, but I suggest you read it until the end. The beginning is her experience at the Comets soccer practice and meeting her teammates. I want to mention to the boys who are reading my review that most people might think this is a girly book -- it has a pink cover with a picture of a girl in a ballet outfit and cleats, and the jacket flap says it's about a kid who is a supermodel, but then decides she wants to play soccer. But it's not a girly book -- it could just as easily be a boy who does one thing and has a parent who wants him to do something else.

Venus?s Big Kick ?- a review by Nigel, age 10

Venus loves bodybuilding and commercials, and then she signs for ... The Comets soccer team. At first she has no self-confidence, then she boots the ball as far as she can and it goes farther then anyone else can kick it -- not with aim but with power. Then she gains more respect, confidence and strength. Now she has but one goal: to be number one.First the book has some action, and then it builds up as you go. I thought it was well written and had a good plot -- clear and realistic. I felt myself getting excited when it got to the soccer parts. The descriptions of the field and people were pictorial and real. Even though the cover looks girly the book is really not - it's for sports people.