Two-Minute Drill

BOOK NAME: Two-Minute Drill, A Comeback Kids novel
AUTHOR: Mike Lupica

This time I’m writing about a sports book on football. Two-Minute Drill is about a kid named Scott that meets a kid named Chris, and they both love football.

Scott showed Chris his backyard football field that even had goalposts. They practice every day. They both try out for the Eagles and make the team. Chris is the quarterback and is one of the best players. Scott sits on the bench most of the game, but likes to practice drop-kicks in his backyard. A drop-kick is like a punt except it bounces before it’s kicked, and you can get three points or an extra point after a touchdown.

Scott is the brainiest kid in his sixth-grade class. Chris is the best football player in the school. Chris isn’t a very good reader, and Scott isn’t that good at football. So they made a deal. Scott would help Chris with his schoolwork and Chris would help Scott with football.

At the championship where the Eagles play the Lions, the Lions scored a safety to make the score 2-0. And that’s how it stayed until the 4th quarter. On third down Chris was sacked and got injured and the Eagles used their last timeout. The Eagles’ coach wanted to try and get a touchdown, but Chris told the coach that Scott could make a drop-kick. There were 2 seconds left in the game and Scott made the kick to make the score 3-2 – a baseball score! The Eagles won the Championship.

I liked the book because it was all about sports and I like sports too. Look in stores, because Mike Lupica has other books like Miracle on 49th Street and Hot Hands. I’m reading Hot Hands next. It’s about basketball.

Comments

musemagfan13
January 9, 2009, 5:06 pm

Hey, cool, I’m the first to comment! Mike Lucpica is a pretty good author, so I bet this is a good book. I kind of wish Reed didn’t give away the ending, though.
Charmezheart
January 10, 2009, 4:42 am

That’s so awesome! I want to read more of this..
spock9
January 10, 2009, 10:53 am

I might recomend it to some kid’s in my class that LOVE (and I mean LOVE) football.
phoenixgirl16
January 17, 2009, 2:29 pm

Wow ruin the book why don’t you. No offense but you’re supposed to keep the end of the book a secret. Mike Lupica is a great sports writer and i love reading his books.
penpen4
January 22, 2009, 9:29 pm

I can’t believe you gave away the huge ending. Only tell us the main Idea.
Te helado
January 24, 2009, 10:40 pm

All these sports books are similar. No matter the misfortunes that the main character experiences he will score the winning touchdown; hit the last home-run; kick the last goal;score the half-court shot; etc. You guys shouldn’t be mad at the person who wrote this blog, because, before reading it, when I saw the cover, I knew the main character would score the last touchdown/score fieldgoal and make the team win despite anything that goes against him.
Anonymous
January 25, 2009, 1:14 pm

I think this is an insparational book, i didn’t read it i read the review, PLEASE next time don’t give away the ending
Resa
February 16, 2009, 1:29 pm

I haven’t read this book but I have read Mirical on 49th street, that was pretty good.
annbowser
March 26, 2009, 11:24 am

I loved this book so much i wanted to read more, so i am reading “Hot Hand” by Mike Lupica! I am not to much into it YET!
Anonymous
July 15, 2009, 1:15 pm

I like sports, but what gender IS this for????
Genius96
July 25, 2009, 2:37 pm

Hey I’m Genius96, I have read ‘ Two minute drill ‘ and I think it is a really good book I also thank Reed for writing a great comment about the book. I am sure that lot of kids will benifit from his preview which will urge them to read the book , I also recommend Long Shot which is also by Mike Lupica…
2whitie
April 9, 2010, 9:41 pm

My brother is SO into football and that is all he talks about. Hey, why doesn’t everybody say thier fav team?
DaBest
November 21, 2011, 10:05 pm

Dude’s this book is da best!!
You should also Travel Team, Summer Ball, etc.
DaBest
November 23, 2011, 11:16 pm

Oh and my favorite team is the Eagles. I can’t think of any book right now.