The Million Dollar Kick

Name: The Million Dollar Kick
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Dan Gutman
ISBN: 9781440768644

Author: Dan Gutman

Series: Million Dollar Mysteries (Gutman) #2

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 3 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/14/2009

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

The great news: The prize is $1 million! With it, 13-year-old Whisper Nelson could buy jewelry, clothes, and pay for college. She could even send her sister to college! To win, she must kick a goal past a professional soccer player. The bad news: She hates sports--all sports--with a passion! After her infamous soccer goal four years ago, to the other team's advantage, Whisper vowed to never play sports again. Afraid of, yet again, looking like a total failure in front of a crowd of people, Whisper has a tough choice to make. Will she try the kick? Dan Gutman not only succeeds in writing an exciting play-by-play sports story, but also captures the essence of middle-school life. Narrator Christina Moore scores big with the right mix of emotions--from insecurity to confidence--from loss to victory.

About Dan Gutman

Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 36 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife. You can visit him online at dangutman.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on April 03, 2025

Predictable but enjoyable listening. Dan Gutman writes a satisfying, straightforward middle grade story. When Whisper gets a chance to make the million dollar kick, she tries to find anyway to escape the challenge of it and the attention it brings. But it turns out a challenge is just what she needs......more

Goodreads review by Samuel on October 09, 2018

The Million Dollar Shot is a great book and I encourage you to read it. The author is Dam Gutman, and if you read any of his previous books you would love this one. Have you ever been bad at a sport and then got really good at it. In this book Whisper started off scoring goals against her own team t......more

Goodreads review by Hailey on November 25, 2017

This book tells the story of Whisper and the nightmare that every soccer player has: scoring in the wrong goal; it wasn't a nightmare for Whisper it was reality. After getting made fun of and putting herself down she wins the chance to make a million dollars if she can just score one goal in front o......more

Goodreads review by Joanna Marie on September 14, 2024

I was read this book many years ago in elementary school and then I decided to read it back in middle school. Each time I couldn’t remember the ending, so I decided to read it now in its entirety. What I can say is, I do remember the goalie being swapped out for Whisper’s coach but not what happened......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on December 30, 2018

I love this book! It is well written with a surprise ending. I would recommend it for any youngster - or for an adult who loves a fun quick read. I didn't realize it was part of a series until after I read it so I can't speak for the series (yet).......more