The Kaboom Kid
#2: Playing Up
Author: David Warner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
Age group: 8-11
Pages: 160 pages
Release
date: December 2014
Synopsis.
(Goodreads)
For Ages: 8 - 11
Meet Little Davey Warner. He lives in Sandhill Flats with his mum and dad and his brother Steve – and his stinky dog Max. Davey and his schoolmates – even Max – are MAD for cricket. All they want to do is play … but there’s always something getting in their way.
In this second book in the series, Davey wishes he could be as good a cricketer as his older brother Steve, who’s always telling him to practise more. And there’s nothing else that Davey and his mates like to do more – the classroom is as good as the playground, right? Mr Mudge, the Year 6 teacher and absolute grump, doesn’t think so, especially after being donked on the head by the ball, and confiscates Davey’s precious bat, ‘Kaboom’.
What’s Davey going to do without his precious bat? It’s like a part of his body. And of course a selector has turned up at club training, and Davey’s HOPELESS without his bat. He’s really happy for his mate, Sunil, though, who the selector taps on the shoulder.
Davey’s feeling pretty down – that is, until Steve asks him to play up and fill in on his team for a big match. Davey’s ecstatic, but then realises that without Kaboom, he’ll let his brother down. He’s GOT to get Kaboom back … but how? And why does Mo Clouter think he can find it? In the meantime, Davey will keep practising, but will he be good enough to be play with his brother?
Meet Little Davey Warner. He lives in Sandhill Flats with his mum and dad and his brother Steve – and his stinky dog Max. Davey and his schoolmates – even Max – are MAD for cricket. All they want to do is play … but there’s always something getting in their way.
In this second book in the series, Davey wishes he could be as good a cricketer as his older brother Steve, who’s always telling him to practise more. And there’s nothing else that Davey and his mates like to do more – the classroom is as good as the playground, right? Mr Mudge, the Year 6 teacher and absolute grump, doesn’t think so, especially after being donked on the head by the ball, and confiscates Davey’s precious bat, ‘Kaboom’.
What’s Davey going to do without his precious bat? It’s like a part of his body. And of course a selector has turned up at club training, and Davey’s HOPELESS without his bat. He’s really happy for his mate, Sunil, though, who the selector taps on the shoulder.
Davey’s feeling pretty down – that is, until Steve asks him to play up and fill in on his team for a big match. Davey’s ecstatic, but then realises that without Kaboom, he’ll let his brother down. He’s GOT to get Kaboom back … but how? And why does Mo Clouter think he can find it? In the meantime, Davey will keep practising, but will he be good enough to be play with his brother?
Review: 4 out of 5 stars
I received a copy of this book for review from the
publishers, Simon & Schuster Australia.
Our main character is Davey
Warner who lives in Sandhill Flats with his parents, his brother Steve and his dog
Max. Davey absolutely loves cricket and tries to play it at any opportunity he
can get.
When grumpy Mr
Mudge, his year six teacher that despises cricket confiscates Kaboom, Davey’s
beloved cricket bat Davey is more than dismayed. He is encouraged to practice
his bowling but with the selectors due to view his game he didn’t feel he could
do it without his special bat.
My 9 year old is a
big fan of this series; he loved the first book The Big Switch but said this one was just as great! He did agree with Mr
Mudge on Davey’s punishment which surprised me, he thought if he broke the
rules he should be punished.
With easy to read text, short paragraphs and some wonderful illustrations
– I highly recommend this series, especially to sports loving boys.
Thank you to Simon
& Shuster Australia for the opportunity to read and review The Kaboom Kid #2: Playing Up.
