Fantasy League

Kids, Sports and Recreation, Football, Teen, School, Fiction - YA
Cover of the book Fantasy League by Mike Lupica, Penguin Young Readers Group
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Author: Mike Lupica ISBN: 9780698171411
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group Publication: September 16, 2014
Imprint: Philomel Books Language: English
Author: Mike Lupica
ISBN: 9780698171411
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication: September 16, 2014
Imprint: Philomel Books
Language: English

From the #1 bestselling author of HeatTravel Team and Million-Dollar Throw comes a story of every football kid’s dream come true.
 
12-year-old Charlie is a fantasy football guru. He may be just a bench warmer for his school's football team, but when it comes to knowing and loving the game, he's first-string. He even becomes a celebrity when his podcast gets noticed by a sports radio host, who plays Charlie's fantasy picks for all of Los Angeles to hear. Soon Charlie befriends the elderly owner of the L.A. Bulldogs -- a fictional NFL team -- and convinces him to take a chance on an aging quarterback. After that, watch out . . . it's press conferences and national fame as Charlie becomes a media curiosity and source of conflict for the Bulldogs general manager, whose job Charlie seems to have taken. It's all a bit much for a kid just trying to stay on top of his grades and maintain his friendship with his verbal sparring partner, Anna.

Like the best Disney film in book form, like *Moneyball *for kids, Fantasy League is every football kid's dream scenario.
 

Praise for FANTASY LEAGUE:

* "This Moneyball story with kids is on the money."–Booklist, starred review 

"The feel good book of the year."–VOYA

“Readers will be alternately cheering and reaching for a tissue during the final playoff-deciding game for the Bulldogs. This will be devoured by young football fans.”–School Library Journal

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From the #1 bestselling author of HeatTravel Team and Million-Dollar Throw comes a story of every football kid’s dream come true.
 
12-year-old Charlie is a fantasy football guru. He may be just a bench warmer for his school's football team, but when it comes to knowing and loving the game, he's first-string. He even becomes a celebrity when his podcast gets noticed by a sports radio host, who plays Charlie's fantasy picks for all of Los Angeles to hear. Soon Charlie befriends the elderly owner of the L.A. Bulldogs -- a fictional NFL team -- and convinces him to take a chance on an aging quarterback. After that, watch out . . . it's press conferences and national fame as Charlie becomes a media curiosity and source of conflict for the Bulldogs general manager, whose job Charlie seems to have taken. It's all a bit much for a kid just trying to stay on top of his grades and maintain his friendship with his verbal sparring partner, Anna.

Like the best Disney film in book form, like *Moneyball *for kids, Fantasy League is every football kid's dream scenario.
 

Praise for FANTASY LEAGUE:

* "This Moneyball story with kids is on the money."–Booklist, starred review 

"The feel good book of the year."–VOYA

“Readers will be alternately cheering and reaching for a tissue during the final playoff-deciding game for the Bulldogs. This will be devoured by young football fans.”–School Library Journal

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