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He is the best-selling author of more than one hundred sports books for young readers. Matt Christopher is America's bestselling sports writer for children, with more than books and sales approaching six million copies. In , Matt Christopher talked about being a children's Matt Christopher is the writer young readers turn to when they're looking for fast-paced, action-packed sports novels. In , Matt Christopher talked about being a children's book author. I was selling magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman, and Liberty, and I would read the stories, particularly the adventure and mystery stories, and think how wonderful it would be to be able to write stories and make a living at it.
I also read detective, horror, aviation, and sports stories and decided I would try writing them myself.
After writing and selling children's sports stories to magazines, I decided to write a baseball book for children. I spoke about my idea to the branch librarian. She was immediately interested and told me that they needed sports stories badly. I submitted it to Little, Brown, and the book was published in I'm sure that playing sandlot baseball and then semiprofessional baseball with a Class C club in the Canadian-American League influenced my writing.
I had my own personal experiences, and I saw how other players reacted to plays, to teammates' and fans' remarks and innuendoes, to managers' orders, etc. All these had a great influence on my writing. My love of the game helped a lot, too, of course. It's a fantasy, but the main character in it could be real.
There are a lot of boys who would love to play baseball but, for some reason, cannot. The only difference between a real-life boy and Sylvester Coddmyer III is the appearance of a character named George Baruth, whom only Sylvester can see and who helps Sylvester become a good ballplayer.
I've written many short stories and books for both children and adults, and find that writing for children is really my niche. Being the eldest of nine children seven boys and two girls , I've lived through a lot of problems many children live through, and I find these problems excellent examples to include in my books.
Sports have made it possible for me to meet many people with all sorts of life stories, on and off the field, and these are grist for this writer's mill. I'm far beyond playing age now, but I manage to go to both kids' and adult games just to keep up with them, and keep them fresh in my mind. Very few things make me happier than receiving fan letters from boys and girls who write that they had never cared for reading until they started to read my books. That is just about the ultimate in writing for children.
I would never trade it for another profession. Copyrights Tackle Without a Team from Gale.
Get Tackle Without a Team from Amazon. View the Study Pack. Ideas for Reports and Papers. This section contains words approx. Preview of Tackle Without a Team Summary: The Greyhawks' right tackle, Scott Kramer, is determined to find the person who framed him after marijuana is found in his duffel bag and he's kicked off the team. Christopher adds punch to his story with in-the-huddle flavor as tensions and rivalries build prior to finding the incriminating stash. Scott has no quarrel with his coach's straight-arrow ethics but is determined to exonerate himself. Eager to play again, he quickly seizes the opportunity to join a nonleague team where rough-and-dirty play is the norm.
As Scott zeros in on several suspects, a second frame-up happens his best friend's wallet is stolen , straining credibility rather than adding zest to the intrigue. The author does devise an effective mechanism for his hero to trap the culprit, and Scott rejoins the Greyhawks-- with a renewed appreciation for their clean, hard style of play. Christopher's message-- that smoking cigarettes or pot is a bummer-- comes through loud and clear.
Lots of action and enough suspense hold the plot together.
Gr Scott Kramer, the right tackle for the Greyhawks, finds himself kicked off the team when marijuana cigarettes are found in his duffel bag. The plot begins to spiral when Scott joins another team and his problems continue.