Author: Ruth McNally Barshaw
Age group: 7-12 years old
Publisher: Bloomsbury Australia
Pages: 192
Amazon – TBD - Bloomsbury
Release
date: 1st
September 2014
Synopsis. (Goodreads)
Poor Ellie. When her friend, Mo, suggests they
try out for soccer together, Ellie doesn’t know her own father has just been
named the coach! To make matters worse, Ellie can’t seem to get her head (or
her feet) around the game. She’d much rather be solving word problems and doing
other brain-bending quizzes in the Journey of the Mind club. But when both
teams have their tournament on the same day, will Ellie choose soccer or
school? This lively story, told in words and doodles, will have kids cheering
on the sidelines for Ellie!
Review: 4
out of 5 stars
My nine year old son recently read Ellie
McDoodle:Have Pen Will Travel so he was quite excited when we received a
copy of Ellie McDoodle:Most Valuable
Player, especially since soccer is one of his favourite team sports.
I didn’t think my son would show interest in this series initially
because it is about a girl and they are still a pretty gross species to my nine
year-old and he is still of the mindset that boys stick with boys things and
girls with girls so I was pleasantly surprised by his keen interest. He was
especially excited about the take-home project, how to play finger football and
shocked by the silence is golden day where there is no speaking.
At the beginning of the book, Ellie’s best friend Mo gets Ellie to try
out for the soccer team, she isn’t the sporty type but she does it for her
friend; we liked the friendship aspect and how Ellie was willing to try
something out of her comfort zone.
Ellie
McDoodle:Most Valuable Player is a great book about teamwork and learning to understand that you
can’t always be the best at everything. The characters are well written and
Ellie’s diary entries with doodle drawings were well done as were the fun to do
lists.
I highly recommend the books for girls and boys alike, my seven year-old
will be reading this book next.
Thank you to Bloomsbury Publishing for the opportunity to read and
review Ellie McDoodle:Most Valuable
Player.
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