threeclamsoyster

Three Clams and an Oyster, by Randy Powell ISBN: 0-374-37526-7 c2002 216 pages

Good sections to read aloud: p. 1 when we are introduced to the three clams (Rick, Dwight & Flint) p. 13 when Cade calls Flint for help and we start to form a picture of the kind of guy Cade really is

Summary: Flint and the other clams (Rick & Dwight) know they have big problems with their “oyster,” Cade. Cade is very unreliable when it comes to showing up on time (or at all) for their flag football practices and games. When this season doesn’t start up any better, the three guys have to make fast decisions. Do they kick Cade off the team? If they do, who can they pick up? They are very picky in their decision making and realize that they are conceited jerks a lot of the time. Throughout the book, the guys are forced to take long looks at their own personalities and realize that they aren’t perfect. Still, can they find a match...an oyster....to help them out this year with flag football? Or, will they have to sit the season out?

YA fiction--sports fiction; friendship; flag football

©Jennifer Lang-WDMS-2003