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    Football Queen
    Football Queen
    Football Queen
    Ebook80 pages33 minutes

    Football Queen

    By Marci Peschke and Tuesday Mourning

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    Kylie Jean is her big brother's biggest fan when he's on the field.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateMar 1, 2012
    ISBN9781404879607
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    Marci Peschke

    Marci Bales Peschke was born in Indiana, grew up in Florida, and now lives in Texas, where she is a librarian. She has lived in three haunted houses, but now lives with her husband, two children, and a feisty black and white cat named Phoebe. She loves reading and watching movies.

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    • 5/5
      My daughter picked out this book and started reading it to her father and I. She picked it originally because her cousin's name is Kylie, but soon she kept reading it because the Kylie Jean of the story was cute, and girlie, and interesting. We all thought it was quite fun that her dog's name was ugly brother, and her determination to become a rodeo queen make her a good role model. It's not so much about Kylie Jean wanting to be a rodeo queen as it is about working hard to achieve a dream and n...moreMy daughter picked out this book and started reading it to her father and I. She picked it originally because her cousin's name is Kylie, but soon she kept reading it because the Kylie Jean of the story was cute, and girlie, and interesting. We all thought it was quite fun that her dog's name was ugly brother, and her determination to become a rodeo queen make her a good role model. It's not so much about Kylie Jean wanting to be a rodeo queen as it is about working hard to achieve a dream and not giving up if there are set backs. I would encourage all little girls to read Kylie Jean Rodeo Queen and to find a dream of their own!
    • 3/5
      Eight year old Kylie Jean wants nothing more than to be a beauty queen! She practices her beauty queen wave all the time so she can be ready when the big day comes. When the rodeo comes to town, Kylie Jean is struck by the rodeo queen riding in the parade. She makes up her mind that if she cannot be a beauty queen, then perhaps she can be a rodeo queen. Kylie enlists the help of all of her family members—from her uncle to her grandmother—to try to find a rodeo event she can learn in two weeks. When her dad buys a new horse and says it can be hers, she turns to her grandmother (who was once a rodeo queen herself) to teach Kylie how to barrel race. What follows is a whirlwind of bonding with her new horse, Star, and training for the rodeo, culminating in the big event itself.Kylie Jean is a wonderfully spirited character, who brings a taste for the Texas lifestyle to this transitional chapter book. Her family is loveable, and her relationship with her dog, Ugly Brother, is endearing. Kylie’s love for the color pink is emphasized in the cartoon drawings that are dispersed throughout the story, where it is the only color present other than black. While this is cute, her affinity for all things pink is mentioned excessively throughout the story. It is also hard to believe that an eight-year-old could learn barrel racing in just two weeks. Even though Kylie becomes interested in winning the barrel race competition, the end of the book finds her back at her old self, hoping to be a beauty queen, and the character growth that happened during the story is lost. Best suited for grades 3-5. 

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    Football Queen - Marci Peschke

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    Chapter 1 Dazzler Dynamo

    Today still feels like summer. But as I sit in Momma's van, waiting for her to bring me to Little Dazzler camp, I look down Peachtree Lane. And what do I see but trees covered with leaves that look like cherry, lemon, and orange Jolly Rancher candies.

    The colorful leaves swirl around, tumbling across our driveway. While I wait, I count them. One, two, three . . .

    When I get to thirteen, I stop. I sure wish my momma would hurry up.

    I open the van door and holler, Momma, we're fixin' to be late for my Little Dazzler camp. Are you comin'?

    Momma comes out the door and locks up. You just hold your horses, Little Miss, she says. I'll get you to the high school on time, I promise.

    She opens the back door and tosses her purse on the backseat. Then she hops in the driver's seat. We both buckle our seat belts.

    Ready? she asks.

    Yes, ma'am, I sure am! I say. I can't wait to be a Little Dazzler! Every year, each girl on the high school drill team, the Dancing Dazzlers, can choose a younger girl to be their buddy at Little Dazzler Camp.

    My big cousin Lilly isn't on the team, so I had to have a different girl pick me.

    Grace Bryan chose me. Miss Clarabelle lives on one side of me, and on the other side is where Grace lives. She's a drill team girl, and I think T.J. is sweet on her. (That means he wishes she would be his girlfriend.)

    When Grace picked me, she made me happier than a twirler with two batons. I bounce around in my seat, just thinking about it.

    Momma smiles. You seem excited, she says.

    I nod happily. After all, I've been waiting for three years to be a Little Dazzler. I'm finally old enough to get picked. I tell Momma, Grace is the best neighbor in the whole wide world! After Miss Clarabelle, I mean.

    Momma nods. We are very lucky to have Grace for our neighbor. You be sure to do your best today so she'll be proud she picked you.

    I will, Momma. Doing my best is my specialty, I reply. Do some folks do their worst?

    The van stops at a red light and Momma turns around in her seat. She looks me straight in the eye. This means we are going to have a serious talk.

    Momma says, Most folks do the best they can, but if they don't try at all, then that is a bad thing. We Carters are never quitters. We try our best.

    I look Momma right back in the eye. Then I nod. Quitting is not for Carters or beauty queens, I say.

    The streetlight flashes green. Momma turns and starts driving again. Soon, we turn into the Jacksonville High School parking lot.

    Grace is waiting by her daddy's orange pickup truck. He also has an orange flag with horns on it in front of his house. Orange is his college color. He's a Texas Longhorn, and he wants Grace to be one when she

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