Tom Cringle: The Pirate and the Patriot Book

Personal response
I really enjoyed this book because it showed that you have to work as a team to win games. This book went over how important it is to be friends with each other, so you can work together. It's very interesting how Cap's grandpa showed Sable that he isn't the head coach of the team.

Plot
Cap and his friends were at his grandpa's house, and they all wanted to play real football but knew they wouldn't be able to because there town was so small that they didn't have enough people for a full team. His grandpa then came out and said that they could try setting up a six-man team and play with other towns. It ended up working and they had a team. After all the fields got set up around the town's, practice started up and they had 7 players, so they asked some girls to help them practice. Jimmy's dad, Sable, didn't like Cap's grandpa because when they played football, they were on separate teams during the championship game. Sable is still mad about how the game turned out because their team lost. Cap's grandpa agreed to let him become assistant coach for the team even though he didn't want him to. As practice was happening, Sable kept on making Jimmy be quarterback because he was his kid. Cap's grandpa didn't like that happening but every time he put Cap in as quarterback, Sable kept on saying how bad he was. Their first scrimmage Cap started out as quarterback and Sable wasn't happy. They switched throughout the game and they lost in the end. Cap was getting mad about how Sable was always putting Jimmy in. The next few practices, Sable kept on doing the same thing. The next game Cap's grandpa bruised his arm really bad after falling from the roof, so they would be late to the game. That meant that Sable would have to be head coach. They ended up getting there at halftime and the score was 20-0. When Sable saw them, he said that he wasn't ready to be a head coach and let Cap's grandpa coach the rest of the game. They ended up losing by one. Sable said sorry about how he was acting and now they get along better.

Characterization
Cap is the kid that wanted to start the six-man team in the first place. He thought he would be the full time quarterback until Jimmy wanted to play. Sable is Jimmy's dad and is still mad at Cap's grandpa for winning years ago. He also thinks he is the head coach, so he bosses everyone around. Cap's grandpa is the nice one who is the head coach on the team and is fair with everyone unlike Sable.

Recommendations
I would recommend this book to high school level people and also people who like football. It's on the shorter end of books and it's not that hard to read. People will really enjoy this book if they like books that have a problem that has to be solved in it.