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  • Published: 15 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9780375855597
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $12.99

Absolutely Lucy #4: Lucy on the Ball



Ilene Cooper's fourth story of a boy and his beagle takes Bobby and Lucy into the wild playing fields of grade-school soccer.
Every kid loves soccer, right? Not Bobby. He likes to watch sports, but he doesn't really like to play them. He'd rather play with his beagle puppy, Lucy. But when Bobby's friend Shawn begs him to join up, Bobby finds himself stuck on a soccer team with a stern coach and several kids who have a knack for the sport. Even Lucy is better than Bobby at moving a soccer ball down the field!

Ilene Cooper's fourth story of a boy and his beagle takes Bobby and Lucy into the wild playing fields of grade-school soccer.

Every kid loves soccer, right? Not Bobby. He likes to watch sports, but he doesn't really like to play them. He'd rather play with his beagle puppy, Lucy. But when Bobby's friend Shawn begs him to join up, Bobby finds himself stuck on a soccer team with a stern coach and several kids who have a knack for the sport. Even Lucy is better than Bobby at moving a soccer ball down the field!

  • Published: 15 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9780375855597
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $12.99

About the author

Ilene Cooper

Ilene Cooper is the author of more than 30 books for young people. In 2007, the Illinois Reading Council named Ilene Cooper the Prairie State Award winner for Excellence in Writing for Children. Ilene was born in Chicago and grew up in the city's Rogers Park neighbourhood. After graduating Sullivan High School, she attended the University of Missouri School of Journalism where she majored in radio and television. She worked as an editorial researcher at Chicago's WGN TV station for several years, but her love of books brought her to Rosary College (now Dominican University), where she earned a master's degree in library science. As a youth librarian, Ilene worked at several branches of the Chicago Public Library and at the Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District before joining Booklist, the review journal of the American Library Association where she is currently the children's books editor. In her spare time, Ilene enjoys knitting, traveling—especially to Italy and England—and trying to get her cat, Bing, to do something other than stretch out on the radiator.

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Praise for Absolutely Lucy #4: Lucy on the Ball

Praise for the Lucy books:
"Bobby is an endearing character, and he and his dog are an appealing combination."--School Library Journal