The new basketball coach recruits Russell for the seventh grade team and a jealous Owen has to fight to stay in. Theyve long kept the peace by going their separate ways, but all that is about to change. These twin brothers couldnt be more different. Meanwhile, Owen resents the attention Russell gets as he crosses into sports territory (“Even though I knew it wouldn’t be a big deal to anyone else, I hated that Russ suddenly had the cool shoes and the awesome jump shot”). His brother, Russell, rocks the school boards. This leads to the conflict later on that makes the story interesting. As the story unfolds, Russell finds out that he a natural at basketball, Owen's sport. Owen's an athlete while Russell is a mathlete.
C Mack's SSYRA award winning novel Athlete Vs. Although Russell shows an uncanny talent for making three-pointers, his dribbling skills are sorely lacking, and basketball practice interferes with his responsibilities as leader of his academic competition group. Mathlete is an engaging story about two twin brothers who are the complete opposite. Mack -Book Trailer 9,697 views Book Trailers For Readers presents author W. No one is more shocked than Russell when he makes the cut, along with Owen, but his victory precipitates a flurry of conflicts for both boys.
The boys are content with their respective roles until the new school basketball coach, impressed by Russell’s height, invites him to try out for the team.
#Athlete vs. mathlete series
In this series opener, Mack (After All, You’re Callie Boone) introduces athletic seventh-grader Owen and his klutzy, academic-minded fraternal twin, Russell. He tries out for basketball, but so does Russell because Coach Baxter tells him to.
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