This book caught my attention because of the title, losing is no longer an option. This title is rather long but is summarizes how a person should act. Losing really isn't an option for those who are competitive and want to achieve a lot. While this is virtually impossible, the idea is to win as much as you can.
This book is about Ron, a multisport star in a small town. Ron happens to excel in these sports because he has started training at a very long age. He has a strong More...

Losing is not an option
Rich Wallace
127 pages
Random House, Inc.
ISBN: 0440238447

This book is written with 9 interrelated stories about a boy named Ron. The book starts out when Ron was in junior high and ends when he is a senior in high school. Ron is great athlete who likes to play sports especially running. Though out the book the reader gets to see how Ron has grown to a senior in high school. This book is mainly about Ron being involved with sports and deali More...

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More Sturbridge tales. Short stories following the life of Ron, a cross-country runner and general guy. Okay, but not great.

This 128 page book is a collection of sports short stories. I usually like this author, but I wasn't impressed by this collection. While the stories were intertwined, beginning with Ron when he's in 6th grade, and ending when he's winning the 2 mile at the state track meet, I didn't see the point of some of them. I thought the young Ron would turn off a lot of my high school readers. I know that I didn't like reading his petty thoughts that a junior high kid thinks. After reading the book, I jus More...

This book was really interesting if you like running. It's about a normal teen who runs track and likes to have fun. He has a lot of friends who he hangs out with. He meets many new people throughout the book as well. He has problems with his family and friends and on his summer basketball team. Just like a lot of other teens, he also has problems with girls. It's a very exciting book that keeps you on your toes and you never know what's coming next. I recomend this book to anyone who likes spor More...

The title itself is very motivating to an athlete. I believe losing is a state of mind. I didn't really enjoy reading this book because it wasn't interesting. For example, when Lander's team lost the basketball game, "Landers waves his arms in a crossing motion. 'Game is over. The score stands.' So we lose." I think Rich Wallace could have done a better job in being more descriptive towards describing how they lost.

Its very good all the competitive sports being played and how they are tords each other.
Ron's the main character he's an athlete he takes his sports very seriously he has a bad mouth when he gets mad about something.Ron and his brother gets into this big car crash n manage to get out safely they helped a lady and her kids there helpful and thats a good thing