Review: "A Winning Touchdown for Author Peter Guy George"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2013
Needless to say, this is an action-packed exciting story for youngsters to read.  It's about young Tony Crowne (his dad likes to call him 'Ant' -- for Anthony) who is 10 years old and in the fifth grade.  He loves the game of pee wee football; he's not a big performer on the field, but is highly skilled in memorizing the football playbook and tutoring other players.  His dad is a former college wrestling champion and loves to play with Tony, showing him some good defensive moves.  The only problem here is that their pet dog 'Curly,' a large Airedale, loves to join in the fun which sometimes causes some damage around the house.  Tony's mom and dad are both attorneys and have just opened their own practice in the town of Dersee, a small town of about 1,500 where the residents love football themselves, always enjoying the pee wee games on Saturday afternoon.  Tony's new friend, Judd Judson, a new student in school, is a very good football player.  His other friend, Ashley Richardson, has successfully made the cheerleading team.  But one girl is very bitter about not being chosen to join the team ... Furious Felicity Whittaker, who has two toady friends who mime her.  With the excitement of the game just starting, Tony notices that Ashley is not with the cheerleading squad. He becomes concerned as Judd had said he overhead some threats made by Felicity to her toadies.  Is Ashley kidnapped?  Did they tie her up and lock her in a closet?  While the game proceeds, and it's not going well for the Bobcats, a detective is investigating the missing person report about Ashley. Tony is trying to finish the game, is distracted,  while anxious to help the experienced Detective Bouguereau.  This is a fast paced story, with much excitement on the playing field as well, and young readers will love this book.  The writing is superb, and very humorous at times; it made me chuckle out loud several times with playful Crowne family activities.  A very enjoyable read, youngsters will love it!