The Toilet Paper Tigers | Gordon Korman | the Tigers kept me up all night

The Toilet Paper Tigers | Gordon Korman | The Misfits of Summer

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	The Toilet Paper Tigers Gordon Korman Hyperion Books for Children, 1995 - 176 pages average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Disgusted by his softball team, which includes a ball-fearing catcher, a sleepy right fielder, and a toilet paper sponsor who wants the uniforms to reflect his product, Corey Johnson forms a plan with the coach's granddaughter. Reprint. AB. K.

the Tigers kept me up all night

A few weeks ago, I picked this book up in the middle of the night because I couldn't sleep. I ended up not being able to sleep because I was too wrapped up in the story to put it down. I read it cover to cover. In one evening, the Toilet Paper Tigers easily seduced a well-read, intelligent woman. The plot, completely devoid of any romantic interest, is the kind of wholesome stuff I had forgotten about in the many years since I last read a book with a 4-6 grade target audience. Honestly, I loved it.

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The Misfits of Summer

This was supposed to be THE YEAR for Corey Johnson's baseball team, starring him as the ace pitcher. But then the coach (a scientist who knows nothing of the game) forgets to show up for the player draft, the team gets uniforms with toilet paper on them (they are sponsored by Feather-Soft Bathroom Tissue Co.), and the coach's obnoxious granddaughter moves in to whip the team into shape (using trick psychology, pure intimidation, and plenty of good ol' blackmail). And so begins what Corey is sure will be the longest summer of his life. However, somewhere along the line, the team turns around, and it's anyone's guess as to how far they can go. With one chapter for each quirky member of the team, "The Toilet Paper Tigers" is sure to make even baseball non-fans laugh. Among the characters: a catcher who is afraid of the ball, an overweight infielder who comes up with some very ingenious ways to find snacks, and a first baseman who is in danger of flunking summer school and being forced to leave the team. Readers will find themselves wondering what outrageous scheme the team will get into next, and cheering (as well as laughing) at the surprise ending.

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Tiger Turn Around

The Toilet Paper Tigers was a very good book. I liked the way it had each player described in each of the chapters. My favorite was the chapter on Tuba Dave and all the M&M's in the closet he was hiding. Another part is the championship game and how Kristy put Corey in the game on the three most important pitches of the whole season. This book is for all the baseball readers out there. It is a very funny book at some points.

Even an adult will enjoy this one!!!

I read "Toilet Paper Tigers" with my son. We both laughed and anticipated what would happen next.
I hate baseball, but couldn't wait to read our nightly chapters to see what crazy stunt Kristy was going to have the team do next. All the quirky characters were so likeable and realistic. We also enjoyed the language and slang "New York" lingo.
How old is the author??!!! He is toooo coool.
"Toilet Paper Tigers" will steal your heart! It did ours!

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Strike one. Strike two. This team is out to lunch!

Well I read The Toilet Paper Tigers. I thought that it was a good book. It was about a boy named Cory Johnson. He joins a baseball team. From the beginning he knew that it was a big mistake. First he finds out that his teammates don't try to score runs or get outs. They are too lazy to do anything. Then he meets the coach. He becomes totally shocked because he next finds out that hi coach doesn't know anything about baseball. The coach is a teacher and he teaches science. So the coach cant really help the team in winning because he doesn't know the rules or how to play the game. The reason why he has to coach the team is because none of the other teachers volunteered to coach. My question to you is, can the team work together? Or will they fall apart and do nothing about it?

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