Handball

by Felice Arena, Tom Jarrett (Illustrations)

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?

80 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2017

About the author

Popular and prolific Australian children’s author Felice Arena is the creator of many best-selling and award-winning children's books for all ages. Some of these include the acclaimed middle-grade historical novels The Boy and the Spy, Fearless Frederic, A Great Escape, and The Unstoppable Flying Flanagan – the bestselling Specky Magee series, the junior series' Sporty Kids and The Besties, and the joyous read-aloud picture books Pasta!, Cheese! and most recently My Big Secret - also illustrated by Arena.
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Reviews

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mr 8 enjoyed this