Johnny Long Legs
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Book Overview
Even though he is the tallest member of the basketball team, a young boy finds he is far from being the best player.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0316140651
ISBN13:9780316140652
Release Date:September 1988
Publisher:Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Length:133 Pages
Weight:0.32 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 4.9" x 7.9"
Age Range:3 to 18 years
Grade Range:Preschool to Postsecondary
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Johnny Long Legs Basketball Adventure
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This book is about a boy named Johnny. He was not into sports until he wanted to try it out. He was tall, real tall to be in middle school. People wanted him actually to try out and he did. When they had practices and games, Johnny didn't start or play too much. This was very new to him playing basketball that season. If you like sports, especially basketball, you may like it because it tells you all the basics of basketball.
Good Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Its a good book, and I'm the guy on the cover, just throwing it out there
The Tall Kid
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
In the book Johnny Long Legs, by Matt Christopher, Johnny is a boy in 7th grade who just moved in with a boy named Toby. Toby asks Johnny if he wants to play on his basketball team called the White Cats. Johnny, who was very tall started out slowly. Jim Sain caused Johnny lots of problems, both on and off the basketball court. With a lot of help from Toby, and after a lot of practices, Johnny became a better player. Although Johnny and Jim continued to do battles on the court, they became friends off the court. This book is very exciting and is really hard to put down.
Close Games
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This story is about a boy named Johnny that moved in with a boy named Toby. They both joined the same basketball team called Wild Cats. A boy named Jim is on a team called Hornets. Jim bullies Johnny and Toby most of the time. If you want to find out more about what happens to these boys read this book. I think it was an exciting book!
Johhny Long Legs
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I gave the book Johnny Long Legs a rating of four stars. I gave this book four stars because it talks about Johnny's basketball games alot and they are a little hard to follow if you were not very good at reading. Also in the games the same thing happens most of the time. I think this story had a good plot but the ending could have been better. I would recommend this book to the age group from 9 years old to 12 years old. I think this book would intrest these age groups because it has problems this age group would be going through. Also because it is about sports and it's at that age goups reading level. I found this book very easy to read and I thought the print was a good size. Another thing I also enjoyed was that the characters were easy to relate to and they were funny.
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