Fantasy League

In this book, Fantasy League, there is Action, Emotion, and Intelligence like you wouldn't, or couldn't imagine. This book is about a boy named Charlie Gaines who only has a mom to be his care taker and friend, until Anna Warren and Joe Warren. In this amazing and thrilling book, Anna and Charlie are best friends living a normal school life, except the fact that Anna's family owns the made up NFL team, the L.A Bulldogs. And Anna's Gramps, or Joe Warren, owns it all. Plus, if it isn't relevant, Charlie is the Fantasy King, and when the two paths of Joe Warren and Charlie cross, it is a true friendship at first sight. All Charlie and Mr. Warren do is talk football, when Charlie suggests a player to Mr. Warren, and Joe actually takes the suggestion and Charlie becomes famous in sports for helping the Bulldogs and giving them some wins. This cycle continues until something terrible happens to Joe Warren, and that is the emotional part. This Mike Lupica books is one of my favorites because it is not told by Charlie or anyone, it is told by an amazing point, telling you only what Charlie is thinking, but not anyone else. I recommend this book to people that love a good climax late in the story and love reading about great friendships. And football, of course.

My son read this book so quickly - he simply could not put it down. He said that the main character, Charlie, was amazing and reminded him of his best friend at school. Finding books that my son loves and has characters like Mr. Warren who was an older man but was pivotal to the plot was a nice addition. Too many books for youths portray adults as essentially broken individuals requiring a child to fix some crisis or event. This book was more balanced and included the brain to brawn element that allows both athletes and non-athletes to enjoy the read. Mike Lupica creates a story that young readers love whether they are into fantasy football or 'real' football.

Once more, it's kids on a roll to out-think the adults, but with several storylines at once. A new NFL football team has landed in Los Angeles. and Charlie, our hero, figures that he can do a better job putting together a winning team than the adults who've muffed the first two seasons. (It doesn't hurt that his friend-who's-a-girl's grandfather owns the team!) At the same time, he's in a nail-biting Fantasy League competition showdown. And let's not forget that he's on a youth football team of his own, vying for the championship! You never know what's going to happen next.Perfect for the 10-to-14-year-old audience and those who remember what it was like.

This was purchased as a gift for our grandson. I had heard a radio personality talking about it on the radio and I thought this would be perfect for him. He loves sports and reading and has fun creating his own Fantasy Football Team to play along with his dad and uncles and we just knew this couldn't miss. Well, we were right . . . he loved it!!

I loved the beginning and middle of this story. It is touching, light, well written and characters well developed. The story was losing my favor as it started tugging at my tearducts. In the end, my first analysis was the correct analysis. It is good!

Ordered and needed it in 2 days and was delivered as expected and promised.

Bought this book for my 9 1/2 year old nephew. He started to read it right away. By the end of the weekend he was half way through the book. He could not put the book down.

Fantasy League by Mike Lupica is about Charlie, a 12-yr.-old who loves football and is so good at fantasy football that he gives tips to others via a podcast he does with his best friend, Anna. Anna is the granddaughter of the owner of Charlie's favorite pro team. When Anna introduces them, they immediately connect over football and become friends. Charlie also plays on a team as a player-coach. He has a knack for seeing things others don't notice that helps his team.This is a great story about football and friendship. The kid gets to feel like he owns a pro football team, something I was just thinking about the other day about how col it would be. I loved it and think any kid who really likes football would enjoy this one!