Winning the Battle (Alec London, 4, Band 4) - Softcover

Moore, Stephanie Perry; Moore, Derrick C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802404146 ISBN 13: 9780802404145

Verlag: MOODY PUBL, 2012

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The Alec London Series is a series written for boys, 8 – 12 years old.  Alec London is introduced in Stephanie Perry Moore's previously released series, The Morgan Love Series.  In this new series, readers get a glimpse of Alec's life up close and personal. The series provides moral lessons that will aid in character development, teaching boys how to effectively deal with the various issues they face at this stage of life. The series will also help boys develop their english and math skills as they read through the stories and complete the entertaining and educational exercises provided at the end of each chapter and in the back of the book.

Alec is frustrated over lots of things. His mom is still in LA working on a project, Tyrod, the troublemaker is still getting under his skin and to top it all off, his dad gets a promotion and is now the assistant principal at his school.  Why bother trying hard is Alec's attitude, things are bad and nothing's going his way.  He doesn't really see how things can be worse until he goes to class and learns that Tyrod's best buddy and another troublemaker, Zarrick is in his class.  At home Alec finds out that his grandmother has cancer and he doesn't know what to do. 

In response to all that's going on in his life Alec begins to act out in school, sleep in class and hang around with the wrong crowd.  To protect himself, he starts taking karate lessons.

With the help of his karate instructor, parents, old friends, Alec learns that being disciplined and learning to respond to things  in a way that pleases God are important when it comes to winning the battle.

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STEPHANIE PERRY MOORE is the author of many Young Adult Christian fiction titles, including the Payton Skky series, the Laurel Shadrach series, the Perry Skky Jr. series, the Faith Thomas Novelzine series, the Carmen Browne series, and the Beta Gamma Pi series. She is also the co-editor for the impactful BibleZine, REAL. Mrs. Moore speaks with young people across the country, showing them how they can live life fully and do it God's way. Stephanie currently lives in the greater Atlanta area with her husband, Derrick, a former NFL player and author, and their three children. Visit her website at www.stephanieperrymoore.com.

DERRICK MOORE is a former NFL athlete who played for the Detroit Lions, Carolina Panthers, and Arizona Cardinals following his successful college football career. Since his retirement from the NFL in 1998 he has been in demand as a motivational speaker for professional teams, civic groups, churches, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He is on staff with FCA, serving as the chaplain of the football program at Georgia Tech. Derrick is the author of The Great Adventure and the general editor for the Strength and Honor Bible. He and his wife, Stephanie, a Christian fiction novelist, live in greater Atlanta area with their two daughters.

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WINNING THE BATTLE

Alec London Series Book 4By Stephanie Perry Moore Derrick Moore

MOODY PUBLISHERS

Copyright © 2012 Stephanie Perry Moore and Derrick Moore
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-8024-0414-5

Contents

Chapter 1: Self-Defense................................9Chapter 2: Deep Secret.................................29Chapter 3: Right Track.................................47Chapter 4: Not Fair....................................63Chapter 5: Feel Better.................................81Chapter 6: Pleasant Surprise...........................97Chapter 7: Life's Battle...............................115Discussion Questions...................................135Context Clues Worksheet................................137Pre-Algebra Computations Worksheet.....................139Teach Me, Coach: Karate................................140Word Search Solutions..................................143Answer Keys............................................150Acknowledgments........................................151

Chapter One

Self Defense

So the first day of fifth grade is supposed to be all that. Right? Wrong! Like all of last year, I'll have to get up super early every day and head off to school with my father.

Let me make this plain. It's not that my dad will just drop me off, because that wouldn't be too bad. What has me so bummed is that, in my case, he'll park in the spot marked "Principal." You see, my father now rules the school. He's over everybody. That puts me in a position to get teased by my peers. And I mean big time.

I guess you can tell this isn't something I want at all. But Dad is super excited about it. Heading to school the first day, all I could do was sit there and listen to him talk about what a terrific year it was going to be. I wanted to throw up.

Last year, when Dad was the assistant principal, a lot of kids thought I was the school pet with special privileges. Believe me, that wasn't the case. Now that he's been promoted, it's going to be even harder to convince people that I don't get any favors from him.

On top of that, he signed me up to do safety patrol. I'll have to wear this big orange belt across my chest and around my waist. Several cool points gone fight off the bat, you think? It's funny because when I was in first and second grade, I sort of thought that having one of those belts and being a hall monitor would be really great.

Now I know it won't be so cool. Since Dad is the principal, it's going to be a no-win situation for me. Everybody's going to think I'm trying to be somebody big if I write them up. Or even worse, I'll lose my job and be in huge trouble with my dad if he catches me looking the other way.

Then, there's another reason why I'm unhappy about school this year. It hit me like a ton of bricks the other day when Dad started naming some of my classmates. Right away, I knew it was bad news for me.

A lot of kids don't want to be in a particular teacher's class. But in my case, I'm okay with my fifth-grade teacher. After all, Dr. Richardson is known as the coolest teacher in the whole school. It was even cool to find out that Morgan, Trey, and Billy are in my class again.

The problem for me is that I didn't shake Tyrod. Besides that, his equally troublemaking buddy, Zarick, is in my class too. I don't want to deal with them. But after much pleading with Dad, it looks like there's no escape.

All of last year, Tyrod was the person who got under my skin. Just to cause trouble for me, he made up stuff and got me sent to my dad's office several times. He even tried to cheat off my paper and then turned around and said I tried to cheat off of his. It was just one thing after another with that guy.

In my defense, I get along with most people. Yeah, I had to get over being angry and acting like a bully when I was in the second grade. But that was years ago. I've grown up a lot since then. However, with Tyrod and his friend constantly getting into all kinds of trouble, I just don't see how it's going to be a good year.

When Dad and I arrived at school, he was still going on and on in a happy mood. As we were getting out of the car, he said with a big smile on his face, "Oh yes, it's going to be a great year!"

All I could do was look at him and beg, "Dad, pleeeeesssss change my class!"

As we walked toward the door, he started giving me all these reasons why he wouldn't. But it just wasn't what I wanted to hear at that moment. "Alec, son, we've been over this already. Ever since you found out that your name is on Dr. Richardson's class list, you've been complaining. I know you're going to love her. She's a lot of fun and really knows her stuff. You're in the fifth grade now. You know you need to pass the CRCT like you did in the third grade. This year, it's a crucial exam for you, Alec, and I can't—"

"Dad! Dad! You're not listenin' to me! It has nothin' to do with Dr. Richardson. I just don't want to be in—"

Cutting me off, he said, "No, son, you're not listening to me! I'm not changing your class because of some other student. If you have a problem with Tyrod, you let me know, and I'll deal with it."

I shook my head and turned the other way. I wasn't trying to be disrespectful to my father, but he didn't get it. I couldn't just run to him and tell on people. Yeah, I know there's some stuff you're supposed to speak up about. But this isn't a life or death situation. Besides, I'm not a wimp, and I don't need my dad to fight my battles.

Once again, Dad made it clear that he wasn't going to change my class. So the only thing left for me to do is man-up and deal with it.

A few minutes later, I took my post by the front door. Standing across from me was Gilmer, a boy from my fourth-grade class. Last year, he was the new guy and didn't say much. But he did tell me once that he was cool with not having friends. So I already knew that Gilmer was very shy and didn't like talking to people.

If he was going to be my partner, I was thinking that we wouldn't have much to say to each other. Then, to my surprise, I found out something different when Gilmer spoke to me.

"Hey, Alec! Hope you had a great summer!"

Wow, is this the same Gilmer? I thought. He sounded so happy and friendly.

"You're talkin' to me?" I said to him.

"I know what you're thinkin', Alec, but I've changed. I'm older now. I guess it took me a while to get comfortable with this school, but now I just wanna enjoy my fifth grade year. I wish we were in the same class because I think we could have a lot of fun. Maybe we can do that while we're on safety patrol duty. You okay with that?"

"Yeah. That's cool with me. We can be friends," I said to him, still shocked at the new, talkative Gilmer.

Okay, so now it seemed like everybody was ready for fifth grade—except me. Then, in a flash, I was reminded of why. I watched Tyrod and Zarick running toward the front door when they got off of their bus.

"Hey! Hey! Slow down," I said to the two of them, holding my arm out to block the doorway. I wasn't supposed to let anyone run into the school.

"Boy, you'd better get your hand back outta my way!" Tyrod said to me.

"Boy, you'd better slow down!" I quickly responded back to him.

"And if we don't slow down?" Zarick stepped up and added, looking and acting all tough. He is taller than me and a little intimidating.

"Yeah, what you gonna do?" Tyrod...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: MOODY PUBL
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0802404146
• ISBN 13: 9780802404145
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 153
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