Aiden Koles' Book Report on "Two Minute Drill"

Name: Aiden Koles

Title of Book: Comeback Kids Two Minute Drill

Author: Mike Lupica

What was the problem in the book, and how was it solved?

Scott was not good at football and Chris was not good at schoolwork. Scott was very smart.

Classmates called him the brain. Chris was dyslexic. He was the quarterback on the football team.

Scott helped Chris by studying with him and Chris helped Scott by practicing with him.

What was the author's purpose or purposes in writing the book? Explain how you know.

The purpose was to show you shouldn’t give up and anything is possible. The author added some real

life examples of NFL players and games as examples.

What did the title have to do with the book?

Chris came back from failing classes due to dyslexia to getting B grades. Scott came back from sitting

on the bench every game to kicking the field goal to win the game.

Tell in your own words how the setting of the story made it more interesting. Be specific.

The setting is Scott’s House, the football field and school.

This makes it interesting to a sixth grade boy who likes sports. These are the main places kids spend

their time.

If one of the characters visited our classroom, what question would you ask them? (Make sure the

question relates to the plot/problem/actions of the story.) *Give the name of the character with the

question!!*

“Chris did any other classmates know you were unable to read?”

Pretend you are a librarian recommending the book to someone. Write a paragraph telling what you

would say.

I would recommend this book to you since you like football. The book refers to some real life

examples of teams, players and games. The book is about a 6th grade boy and some problems they

can have. It would be a good book for sixth grade boys who like sports. If you have some school

trouble it shows you can work hard to fix them.

If they made a movie of this book, which scene would be most important to include. Explain the

scene with details and why it's important.

Scott was alone in the field behind his house. He practices so much that he was able to make over 7

kicks straight and no one saw it but him. This is important because it shows how practice can work.