Nutty Can't Miss

by Dean Hughes

Book Overview

In despair over his basketball team's prospects with his father as coach, fifth-grader Nutty goes to his genius friend William for help and finds more success than he ever thought possible.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553155849
• ISBN13: 9780553155846
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

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'Nutty Can't Miss' is a can't-miss masterpiece. Every parent needs to buy a copy for their kids. This book has all the best stuff that comes in pre-teen literature - quality sports action, strong friendships, crushes, and even hypnosis... especially hypnosis. AWESOME! i loved nutty, i loved his buddy orlando, and i loved Dean Hughes for writing this book. we're all nutty for Nutty. thanks, Mr. Hughes - you totally filled in the empty space that was my childhood.

Nutty can't miss

I liked the book Nutty can't miss by Dean Hughes because when William taught Nutty to never miss I thought to myself that I couldn't do that in a couple years of practice. He was working on a deep concentration technique, much like imaging, in which Nutty sees himself making every single shot and does that in real life. I was also amazed because he got on TV and I won't be on TV probably until I'm older than fifteen. Every boy my age can relate to Nutty's acomplishment. When Nutty missed that long shot by like ten feet, it was probably very embarassing to him. I would have been embarassed too. Last, I was surprised when William the assistant coach said "your hero days are over Nutty because I think I now understand the flaw in my whole system. It was all too clear there at the end". I thought he was going to be a huge NBA superstar but I don't know if he was or wasn't. Finally, that was one of the best books that I have ever read.