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About Barney Saltzberg
See more books from this AuthorSaltzberg (The Flying Garbanzos, not reviewed, etc.) gives parent cheerleaders a boost with this droll tale of a young soccer player and his excitable mom.
| Read Full Review of Soccer Mom from Outer SpaceReaders will surely get a kick out of Saltzberg's (The Flying Garbanzos) hyperbolic portrait of an uncommonly spirited soccer mom. The night before Lena's first soccer game, her father announces that
Jul 03 2000 | Read Full Review of Soccer Mom from Outer SpaceThis is about you and Grandma!"" her father wryly responds that it is ""a story about another boy named Ruben Drinkwater and his mom!"" In the tale that follows, Mrs. Drinkwater wails ""like a human siren"" at Ruben's first soccer gameDplaying for the Atomic PicklesDand generally starts acting ""...
| Read Full Review of Soccer Mom from Outer SpaceIn a starred review, PW called this a "hyperbolic portrait of an uncommonly spirited soccer mom.
| Read Full Review of Soccer Mom from Outer Space