Do you want to give up?' said Vinnie. 'No way!' Luca said. 'I can beat you.' But he was starting to wonder if he could . . . Luca never loses at handball. But can he beat the Handball King?
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Sixth book in the series apparently, according to what is written here, this is the first one that actually mentions a number, and coincidently it is the sixth that I have read. This is the first one that is more of a game and not an organised sport like footy or netball, and does not have a league. It is not what they play in the Olympics, or is called European Handball in Australia. It is a game played in schools across the nation, and also called Downball, and Four Square, amongst other names. So in the series it is the first sporting activity to be non-seasonal making the scores Winter 2 Summer 3 and Both 1 Anyway an average quick read again, but really one which is quite odd given the overall theme of the series, but I guess if it is promoting an activity then this is fine.