Friday Nights

by Maureen Holohan

Book Overview

Meet the Ballplayers -- a fearless five with a passion for sports, hanging with friends, and life on Broadway Avenue.... I'm Molly. My friends say I'm like a bull in a china shop when I play soprts.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965909107
• ISBN13: 9780965909105
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Broadway Ballplayers
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Ballplayers Score

Maureen Holohan's first book, Friday Nights, reaches out to young girls across the country. Although this series of books is written at a sixth grade level, they are also entertaining to the parents and teachers who read them. Each book in the Broadway Ballplayers series is told by one of the characters who live on Broadway Avenue. (Molly, Penny, Angel, Rosie and Wil for example.) Friday Nights is told by Molly O'Malley, a twelve year old girl. She is a normalpretten with a hot temper, many friends and a passion for beating the neighborhood boys at any and all sports. These ballplayers play any sport within thier reach. In this first book, the story line is based around a summer basketball league for junior high aged girls thoughout the city. Molly always pushes herself to the limits to keep up with her best friend Penny Harris. Penny, who is the best at it all, has fears just as the others do. They are the smallest and youngest team in the league, but that does not keep them from having high hopes of winning the championship. Holohan's series of Broadwy Ballplayers, is exciting to young girls and boys. In reading one of these books, a child would discover the good and bad of growing up. The characters go through situations that are very similar to what the reader may be going through. In this world of violent athletes (who this next generation mimic as they look to them) Molly and her friends prove to be valuable role models for young ones who love sports and look up to those athletes. Holohan's theme throughout he rbook is to build a desire never to give in to your fears. In her books the characters learn to work as a team and to encourage one another and never belittle each other. Holohan, a All-Big Ten selection at Northwestern University three times, also was the winner of the 1994 Randolph Hearst Journalism Award for feature writing. Now this young author, promotes girls participation in sports. Holohan's Broadway Ballplayers are entertaining, well written and exciting. Her characters do most of us only dreamed of as a child. For example in Friday Nights, Molly pulls an poutrageous stunt. During one of the first league games, while shewas angry, Molly ran the ball down the court and barreled into a opposing team member. She jumped, lifted her knees to her chest and simply knocked her over. Holohan's books provide good role models for young athletes, as well as entertain them.

Ballplayers score with younger readers

"Sharp dialogue, good pace and story-tellingpower... noted Kathy Miller, English teacher. Maureen Holohan'sBroadway Ballplayers series has recieved praise from teachers and colmnists alike. Her books, including Friday Nights by Molly and Everybody's Favorite by Penny, are geared toward middle school girls and boys who show interests in sports of any kind. In Holohan's first Broadway Ballplayers book, Friday Nights by Molly, she shows the struggle of trying to be the best on the basketball court through the eyes of a mediocre player who wants to play as well as her best friend. The Ballplayers have to try to overcome teams with more experience and more height. Her series portrays the problems middle school students might have with sports, such as not giving up against teams with a better record, learning teamwork instead of arguing or desiring to be as good a player as someone else. Middle school students would be drawn in by this series. END

it's my favorite book

This book is wonderful. It is the best book I have ever read. It deals with real problems in every day life. I have read all sevan books. Molly is my favorite character then I like Rosie.

Friday Nights is a fun and exciting book!

I was very happy to find out that there was a book for girls that shows that all girls aren'tt babysitters or playing with dolls. It doesn't show that girls always have their way and have a great time doing it. This book series shows the struggles that girls have to face. Being an athlete is tough for a girl, but that is exciting in life. Thank you Maureen Holohan.

This book rules. It is about girls who are strong!

The Broadway Ballplayers is a slam dunk! Every kid, boy or girl, should read the series!