Red Card

by Matthew LaBrot and Daniel J. Hale

After living in a series of far-flung countries-and finding more than his share of trouble along the way-Zeke Armstrong thought he would finally lead the life of a normal thirteen-year-old when he... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929976151
• ISBN13: 9781929976157
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Top Publications
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.7" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Hang on for This Fun Ride

Zeke Armstrong is playing in a soccer tournament with his team, the Dallas Sundogs. Things are going well, until his coach gets thrown out of a game for loosing his temper with a ref. The next morning, Zeke discovers that the coach has just been shot. After he's rushed to the hospital, another attempt is made on his life. It has to be one of the team's fathers, but whom? The police think they have their man, but Zeke is convinced they're wrong. Can he make the other parents believe him and save his coach's life?I'll read a good mystery aimed at any age group, and I loved this one. The main character is lots of fun. I'm not a big sports fan, but the descriptions of the soccer games held my interest and were easy to follow. In fact, a book that could have been awash in characters did such a good job of introducing them that I had no trouble keeping everyone straight. And the climax had me turning pages as fast as possible to find out what how everything would end.This is an entertaining debut that left me wanting more. I recommend this book to anyone of any age looking for a good mystery.

Stayed up all night reading

Red Card is a young adult mystery novel. It kept me up all night trying to figure out the mystery. Loved the characters, the action and story. I can't wait until the next book from Zeke Armstrong comes out!

Fast paced mystery-excellent book!

Daniel J Hale and Mathew LaBrot's Red Card combines the classic mystery with an action-packed plot, creating an engaging novel that can be a positive and adventurous experience for our nation's sports-playing youth.

The greatest mystery book ever

I loved it and I thought it was a book that everyone should read because it surprises you at the end of the book in many ways and it is really action packed too. so I suggest that parents and kids alike should read this awesome book.

Action-packed and hard to put down!

Red Card is a young adult mystery novel with enough action and intrigue to keep any mystery fan satisfied. Red Card is an impressive first novel from authors Daniel J. Hale and his nephew, Matthew LeBrot. Zeke Armstrong and his soccer team, the Sundogs, are involved in a tournament when someone shoots the coach and leaves him for dead. A second attempt is made on the coach's life at the hospital. One of the player's fathers is caught red handed holding a pillow over the coach's head and is arrested.Things are not always what they seem. Armstrong believes he has clues that will prove to the police the man in custody for the attempted murder is the wrong man. Being just 13 years old, the police do not take him serious. And neither do the moms and dads of the players on his team. Even his friends think he should give the Sherlock behavior a rest. See, but Armstrong is not only a talented soccer player, he also possesses a secret identity that only he, his Uncle Dane and a few others know about. He lives to solve crimes.With a cast of plausible suspects for wanting the coach dead, Armstrong and his closest friends work to figure out who keeps trying to kill their coach. It is a highly climactic and action-packed finish, when everything unravels and more lives are in jeopardy that Armstrong struggles not only to catch the killer, but also fights to save the lives of his friends ... and his own life.Red Card is the kind of book that demands a readers attention. It is the type of mystery that can be read in one sitting. It contains enough suspense to keep the pages turning. And with the well-developed characters and story line, readers will be thrilled to know there are more scheduled in the series. --Phillip Tomasso III, author of Johnny Blade and Third Ring