Kids Wings Activities by Suzy Red come in both PowerPoint and PDF format for ease in projecting and printing. Join a team! Grab some friends and copies of this top-notch basketball kerfuffle for a great read and vicarious basketball play! The story is told in the first-person voices of Owen and Russell in alternating chapters so you really can get into their heads and understand their motives, excitement, disappointments, and emotions as if they're your own. Of course, Owen is sure that Russell will embarrass him. What's Russell to do as the rope in a tug-of-war? Russell's Masters of the Mind teammates fan the flames when they don't want to share their leader. Sibling rivalry begins to smolder and grows into a full-blown fire when, by a Nike miracle, Russell makes the team. Their mom enjoys the Masters of the Mind competition, so that leaves Owen standing without a cheerleader. Their dad who loves basketball, however, is super-excited that Russell might get a shot at the team and is willing to go to all lengths to be sure he does well. the new Coach sees potential in the tall, gangly twin with glasses and orders him to tryout for basketball (which of course he does not want to do and Owen laughs at the thought). Short, stocky, aggressive Owen laughs at his lack of academic prowess and would never think of challenging Russell in his problem-solving games.īoth are happy competing in his own niche with his own set of friends, until. Tall, passive Russell isn't the least interested in playing basketball and even laughs at his own clumsiness and nerdy appearance. Russell wins math and science awards and competes in team games with Masters of the Mind. Seventh graders Owen and Russell Evans, two gifted fraternal twins, live happily in their family together. TWIN PLAYERS MEET ON THE SAME TEAM, Book 1 ATHLETE OR MATHLETE, BOOK 1, a terrific basketball novel! Plus:ĭOUBLE DRIBBLE! BOOK 2! The best of this basketball duo!
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