· Brendan Halpin's new novel is about friendship, family, soccer, and the confusing time when everything that used to feel simple suddenly feels complicated. Previous page. Reading age. 12 - 15 years. Print length. pages. Language. English. Grade level. 7 - 9. Lexile measure. L/5(9). · Brendan Halpin is a teacher and the author of books for adults and young adults including the Alex Award–winning Donorboy, Forever Changes, and the Junior Library Guild Selection Shutout. He is also the coauthor of Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom, with Emily Franklin, and Notes from the Blender, with Trish Cook, both of which the American Library Association named to its Rainbow bltadwin.ru Edition: Digital Original. With Shutout, Brendan Halpin has created a powerful story of friendship, sportsmanship, and growing up/5(9).
Review: Another sports fiction book and this one felt like the right book to start off the bltadwin.ru I am reading Shantaram, which is about pages long, I figured a short YA book was the perfect alternate book and I was right! Deep down I know that YA books serve a purpose beyond reading and entertainment. I figure that there is always something in them for the audience: how to deal with. shutout-brendan-halpin 3/15 Downloaded from bltadwin.ru on Novem by guest genes in common stumbling toward a shared future. Brendan Halpin has crafted a thoroughly modern take on love, family, and figuring it all out. Forever Changes-Brendan Halpin For a girl who doesn't have much time, every. Shutout by Brendan Halpin. This book is about a girl and her best friend, Lena. The girl's name is Amanda. Amanda is really tall. They both love soccer and work together very well. But, they get put on different teams for soccer. So, Lena turns on Amanda and finds a different friend that is on her team.
As Amanda finds her place in the world, author Brendan Halpin manages to give young readers plenty to contemplate without seeming to offer heavy-handed advice. Shutout is a refreshing addition to the genre of realistic fiction for teens. Shutout Brendan Halpin Genre: Realistic Fiction Prediction: I think that Amanda and Lena will start drifting apart because they are on different teams and they will make different friends. Because of the title of the book, Shutout, I predict that Amanda will be "shutout" by her best subtitle makes me think that Amanda thought she knew her best. Shutout / Brendan Halpin.â 1st ed. Â Â Â Â p. cm. Summary: Fourteen-year-old Amanda and her best friend Lena start high school looking forward to playing on the varsity soccer team, but when Lena makes varsity and Amanda only makes junior varsity, their long friendship rapidly changes.
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