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21st out of 157 books
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177 voters
Boost
by
Kathy MacKel
Thirteen-year-old Savvy is six two and full of raw basketball talent; her three-point shot is deadly. But she's also skinny and gets pushed around on the court. Her older sister, Callie, is a freshman on varsity cheerleading, but she's not quite light enough to be a flier - her coveted position. Both girls need to boost their level of competition to get off the bench and i...more
Hardcover, 248 pages
Published
September 4th 2008
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I read Boost because one of my friends ,Peyton M., had goten it from the school library and had me read the back of the book. It was very interesting, it was about a girl my age, 13 and she was 6 foot 2 inches, and she played Basketball. I thought looked like a very good book. So I went to the plublic library and saw it their and got it. And I couldn't sleep last night and I had just the day before finished other book I was reading so I got this book out and finished it last night I don't know h...more
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This book gets a mixed review. I’ll start with a summary and then give my final thoughts.
Savvy’s father had an accident and had to give up professional golf.
When Callie (Savvy’s older sister) was five she climbed a ladder to get to her father on the roof. He got surprised and slipped on a screwdriver making him fall off and breaking bones in both the back and neck areas.
Since their father could no longer play on the PGA golf tours, the family went bankrupt and sold their home to move in with t...more
Savvy’s father had an accident and had to give up professional golf.
When Callie (Savvy’s older sister) was five she climbed a ladder to get to her father on the roof. He got surprised and slipped on a screwdriver making him fall off and breaking bones in both the back and neck areas.
Since their father could no longer play on the PGA golf tours, the family went bankrupt and sold their home to move in with t...more
Since my last good reads book which was The Outside Shot by Walter Dean Myers, I decided to got to a different author named Kathy Mackel. I have heard that she wrote great books such as, Vanished, Crackers, and Outriders. I have heard that this book Boost will tell kids that drugs aren’t a great thing to have or use. This book has taught me a lot and gave me great directions for my life.
Boost by Kathy Mackel has impacted a lot of people’s life. She has impacted & related to my life because...more
Boost by Kathy Mackel has impacted a lot of people’s life. She has impacted & related to my life because...more
I thought while I was reading this book that it was a great option for me. The book "Boost" is a basketball book and is a good book to read if you are interested in sports. This book is about a girl named Savannah (Savvy for short) and how she is the star of her basketball team with an older sister that wants nothing more than to be as athletic as Savannah, but it did not start out as Savannah being in the starting lineup for basketball. She has family issues, boys, rumors and a whole lot more i...more
I actually got this as a download from Audible, to listen to on my iPod.
13 year old Savannah 'Savvy' Christopher is a 13-year-old girl who's just moved from New Mexico to Rhode Island with her family to live on her great aunt's sheep farm. She's 6 foot 2 tall, and a brilliant basketball player, though her height causes her to be teased and have problems with the whole 'boys' thing. She has other problems too. Her father, a former pro-golf player, had his career ruined after a serious accident an...more
13 year old Savannah 'Savvy' Christopher is a 13-year-old girl who's just moved from New Mexico to Rhode Island with her family to live on her great aunt's sheep farm. She's 6 foot 2 tall, and a brilliant basketball player, though her height causes her to be teased and have problems with the whole 'boys' thing. She has other problems too. Her father, a former pro-golf player, had his career ruined after a serious accident an...more
Boosting your game is hard to do any sport .To boost your game you need to start by eating healthier, and practicing more you know doing things that will help "Boost" your game. That’s not what’s on Savvy’s mind though. Savvy is thinking more about the simpler way of boosting her game compared to the hard way. Aside from the clichéd moments this book was fantastic it was like a one of the those movies when you know something scary is going to happen but you don’t know exactly what will happen it...more
In this book, 13-14 year old Savvy has just moved from New Mexico to Rhode Island. Her house was all-that back in New Mexico, and now she lives on her aunt’s farm. She is 6 foot 2, so for the 8th grade, she looks like the freak show. If all that teasing wasn’t enough, her sister Callie is the girlfriend of Savvy’s crush. What’s worse? I’ll tell you. She’s on the high school basketball team with a friend. During a game, she looks back at the bleachers, not seeing her parents. She walks back to th...more
I loved the novel, Boost by Kathy MacKel. It is about a fourteen-year-old girl, who is very tall.(6 feet 2) Savannah "Savvy" Christopher is obsessed with basketball. She and her family move to Rhode Island where she meets a girl named Nina Gonzalez or "Gonzo" who becomes her best friend. They both try out for the local basketball team for players who are around eighteen. Savvy isn't sure if she will make it or not, but the coach tells her that she did make it because she has a lot of talent. He...more
Really good sports writing! Savvy Christopher is 14, 6-foot-2-inches tall, and has just arrived in Rhode Island from New Mexico. She used to live in a house with a pool and a basketball court, thanks to her father's professional golf tour wins, but their family lost everything after he was injured. Now they live with elderly but feisty Aunt Betty on her sheep farm, and all Savvy cares about is playing basketball... and so she tries out for the high school level travel team instead of the middle...more
This book is very interesting to me because it is about my favorite sport which is basketball! This book is about a girl who is in 8th grade and moves from new mexico and her name is savvy and she now lives in new york. Her sister callie is in high school and is on the cheer leading team. Their dad is in college, and mom works. Callie has to lose alot of weight before cheer starts but what she uses to lose weight is illegle and not good for her health. Savvy trys out for the high school basketba...more
I really enjoyed this book. It actually teaches you a valuable lesson if you're in sports. I bet you can already guess what it is, yes, steroids. Savvy is a 13 year old girl who is 6"3 and wants to try out for the high school basketball team, Fire. She and her friend make the team and since they're only 8th graders they get talked about and the high schoolers don't like them, such and such. Their team eventually starts liking them, only because Savvy is tall and shoot good. Savvy soon finds a lo...more
Savvy, an 8th grader who lives for basketball, tries out for a high school age team and makes it, knowing that she is going to have to work very hard. There's a lot going on in her life-- the family has moved to be with an aunt on her farm because the PGA playing father has been disabled, Savvy's cheerleader sister is struggling with eating disorders, the aunt breaks her leg and Savvy has to pick up the slack on the farm, and there is a romantic interest-- a boy whom Savvy likes but who dates he...more
Boost is a good book for anyone who loves anysport at all. Even though I am a guy and all the main characters in this book are girls except for the coach are girls i thought it was a great book. This book also does a great job of showing how hard it actually is for us kids now a days to play competative sports. Becuase even though Savannah (Savvy) is 6"2 and is a dead eye shot from the 3 point range she isnt good enough becuase she is to light and awkward on the court. She keeps getting pushed a...more
I just finished boost, a sports novel by Kathy MacKel. MacKel painted every scene and every character using great detail and vibrant vocabulary. In this book Savvy is an all-star basketball player, 15 years old and plays in the 18u basketball league. Savvy ends up with poison ivy and has to take a pill so it doesn’t itch so much and she can play. One of the team moms finds the pills in Savvy’s bag and thinks they’re steroids.
They later find actual game enhancing steroids and Savvy gets kicked...more
They later find actual game enhancing steroids and Savvy gets kicked...more
I decided to read this book because the summary reminded me of a famous Track star a few years ago that was in a similar situation. To summarize “Boost”, I would have to say it’s about a 13 year old girl named Savvy who just moved from New Mexico and decided to try out for the 18U (18 years and under) basketball team. When she was accepted, she constantly heard that she needs to “up her game” so she decided to take steroids from one of her older sister, Callie’s friends. My favorite quote came f...more
OK, there really are sheep farms and coyotes in Rhode Island. I’ve confirmed that much. But all the talk about sheep and coyotes and RI and New Mexico had me confused at first. It didn’t help that there’s a few typos and sloppy editing in the early pages.
Savvy Christopher, on the other hand, is a very interesting character. She has a world of basketball talent, and is willing to work hard – on and off the court, but that doesn’t make her perfect. She makes a lot of quick judgments, and misses s...more
Savvy Christopher, on the other hand, is a very interesting character. She has a world of basketball talent, and is willing to work hard – on and off the court, but that doesn’t make her perfect. She makes a lot of quick judgments, and misses s...more
In the book boost, I can compare the main character Savvy to another character named D.J from Dairy Queen. Savvy is trying to make the 18's for basketball, but the coaches suggested that she should go to the 16's. Savvy did eventually she made the 18's. D.J from Dairy Queen, wants to be on the Red Bend football team. They didn't really want her, but they want her to stick to training one of the football players. D.J did make the football team & had great success, & same with Savvy on the...more
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Savvy, an 8th grader who lives for basketball, tries out for a high school age team and a AAU team and makes them both, knowing that she is going to have to work very hard. There's a lot going on in her life the family has moved to be with an aunt on her farm because the father who plays in the PGA has been disabled, Savvy's cheerleader sister Callie, is struggling with eating disorders, the aunt breaks her leg and Savvy has to help a lot on the farm, and there is a boy who Savvy likes but who d...more
Boost is a book about basketball and love. Savvy is a 13 year old girl who is very tall and skinny and plays basketball. Cassie is Savvy's older sister who has just started high school and a cheerleader. Both of them are just trying to make it to the top. Neither one of them ever really get a chance to play or be in the team effort. But while they are doing that things start to turn for the worst for Savvy. Somebody framed her for taking steroids. Now there is absolutely no chance for Savvy.
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The book I read was Boost by Kathy MacKel takes place in the rural area of New Mexico not a few miles away from the city. The main character is Savvy Christopher. She is a thirteen year old girl who is six feet and 2 inches tall. Her life is basketball and without she is nothing. She tries out for the 8th grade basketball team for her school, but Savvy thinks she is too good to be on the 8th grade team. So she tries out for a A12 team named Fire. Fire is team that is mostly for older kids that...more
Jan 26, 2011
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I thought this book was an okay book. I felt like it was okay because didn't go exactly how I assumed it would. Looking at the cover, I thought this book would be very interesting, but there were many parts in the book where you were either bored or frustrated. Like the fact that Savvy really liked this guy and he ends up going out with her sister Callie. He clearly flirts with her in the book but they never end up going out. That really disappointed me because I was really convinced that they w...more
Since I normally like fantasy or sci-fi, I was surprised when this looked interesting, and even more surprised when I enjoyed it. It's portrait of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs was really interesting, although I think it might be more interesting if it had actually been the narrator that took them. My main problem was that the first half felt overly-long and inconsequential. Much of it was important to the whole story, but most of it wasn't. However, it was written fairly well, and en...more
Quick, easy read. Savvy is 13 years old and about to start 8th grade. All she wants to do is play basketball, so a new friend that she makes convinces her to try out for the high school over 16 team. Due to her size and the other girl's talent, they make it. But now Savvy must refine her raw energy into talent in order to stay on the team and make a difference. She also starts helping her aunt around the farm after her aunt's accident, which helps her build muscle to go with her talent. This lea...more
If you liked Catherine Gilbert Murdoch's Dairy Queen trilogy, you'll probably like the story of Savvy, an eighth-grader whose drive and determination - and friend who has crazy ideas - convince her to play for an elite 18 and under summer basketball team in her new town. Like D.J. in Dairy Queen, Savvy is carrying more of her family than she really should be, and she has to balance her family responsibilities with training. Occasionally the book isn't as nuanced and well-rounded as Dairy Queen,...more
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Boost by Kathy Mackel is about a family of athletes that move from New Mexico to Rhode Island and are faced with a change of scenery and almost a change of culture. Savvy, the main character in this book, along with her sister Callie have always been sport stars in their respected sports, Savvy basketball and Callie cheerleading. Savvy is a 13 year old girl who meets up with another girl, name Gonzo. They decide to not try out for the 16 year old AAU but the 18 year old AAU team. Savvy doesn’t...more
While drug use in sports, especially among girls, is an important topic, I really wish this one hadn't been so heavy-handed and one-note about it. Did we really need a lecture from a doctor about the evils of steroid use and an extensive Google search?
The basketball scenes were really well written - well, what I could understand of them. This is definitely a book for basketball fans, since none of the basketball jargon was explained (for example, while the move was used several times, I still ha...more
The basketball scenes were really well written - well, what I could understand of them. This is definitely a book for basketball fans, since none of the basketball jargon was explained (for example, while the move was used several times, I still ha...more
Thirteen-year-old Savvy is six two and full of raw basketball talent; her three-point shot is deadly. But she�s also skinny and gets pushed around on the court. Her older sister, Callie, is a freshman on varsity cheerleading, but she�s not quite light enough to be a flier�her coveted position. Both girls need to boost their level of competition to get off the bench and into the action. When steroids are found in Savvy�s gym bag, she claims they are not hers. Suddenly, accusations are flying and...more
This is a solid sports book for girls that are in the middle school range. It tells the story of Savvy, a very tall and sometimes socially awkward girl who dominates on the basketball court. Due to her skills and height, she is on a team for much older girls that is winning non-stop, and she's finally making some friends and fitting in after moving to her new town. Part of this sense of competition she has comes from a rivalry with her sister, a cheerleading captain and very popular girl who is...more
Sisters Savvy and Callie are competitive, but not with each other. Eighth-grader Savvy is tall and a whiz at basketball; Callie, a freshman in high school, is petite and a member of the cheerleading squad. Steroids are found in the gym bag of one of the girls, leading to suspension from the team. Finally--a book which deals with drug use by teen girl athletes! This book is sure to be a hit with middle and high school students, who generally think of steroid use and abuse as a problem for high sc...more
BOOST
She thought it would help her, She thought it would make her stronger, faster, and jump higher. She needed to bring her game up, She needed a little boost. Only a freshman and Young Savvy is trying to make the senior varsity girls basketball team. With her older sisters legacy of making the varsity cheerleading squad as a freshman Savvy is determined to live up to that legacy. Savvy is six-two and can swish every three-point shot she takes but she still gets pushed around on the court by...more
She thought it would help her, She thought it would make her stronger, faster, and jump higher. She needed to bring her game up, She needed a little boost. Only a freshman and Young Savvy is trying to make the senior varsity girls basketball team. With her older sisters legacy of making the varsity cheerleading squad as a freshman Savvy is determined to live up to that legacy. Savvy is six-two and can swish every three-point shot she takes but she still gets pushed around on the court by...more
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