Reading Crusader: Ben Hurst

Position: Half Back

Favourite Books:

• It’s not about the bike, by Lance Armstrong
• Catch 22, by Joseph Heller
• Ogg, by Bob Jones

Favourite Authors:

• Bryce Courtenay
• Jeffery Archer
• Hunter S. Thompson
• Tony Parsons

Favourite Types of Books:

• Sports Biographies
• Classics
• “any good read”

Magazines:

• Ralph
• FHM
• Time

If Ben’s books sound like your sort of books, try these:

Younger Fiction

Clements, Andrew
Jake Drake, bully buster
Jake’s not the biggest or the toughest kid in school, but he knows someone has to make a stand against the bullies.

Jennings, Paul
The cabbage patch pong
One green nappy is gross. But fifty is really foul. Poor Chris has his hands full again in the cabbage patch.

Yorinks, Arthur
Company's going
After inviting two spacemen to stay for dinner, Shirley and Moe are asked to return with them to their planet Nextoo to cater their sister's rather large wedding.

Older Fiction

Bloor, Edward
Tangerine
Paul lives in the shadow of his football-hero brother, but despite his near blindness, Paul struggles to prove himself in his own sport, soccer. Then he begins to remember just how he lost most of his eyesight…

Creech, Sharon
Love that dog
A boy, a poem, and a dog - a yellow, slobbery, tail-wagging dog.

Ellis, Deborah
The breadwinner
Parvana lives in Afghanistan under the harsh rule of the Taleban. When her father is imprisoned, she must disguise herself as a boy so that she can go out into the world and earn enough to support her family

Gantos, Jack
Joey Pigza loses control
Joey is wired, but he feels like he’s getting things under control. Then he spends the summer with his dad, who refuses to accept that Joey might have a problem, and that maybe his medication does help.

Sachar, Louis
Holes
Stanley Yelnats is sent to Camp Green Lake where the Warden forces the boys to dig holes for a secret purpose of her own!

Spinelli, Jerry
Wringer
In Palmer’s town all 10 year-old boys become wringers at the annual pigeon shoot. Palmer is different. He wants the pigeons to live, but has he the courage to stand up to not only his family, but the rest of the town?

Non-Fiction

Gordon, John
The kids book of golf
Find out strange but true facts about golf, as well as how to improve your game with the best techniques.

Stewart, Mark
Sweet victory: Lance Armstrong’s incredible journey
Lance Armstrong was beginning to make it in the international world of cycling - then he was told he had cancer and had only a 50-50 chance of living. This is the story of how he made it back to the top.

Kramer, Sydelle
Basketball’s greatest players
The true action-packed stories of five basketball legends, including the one and only Michael Jordan.

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