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Reviewed by Alicia DeBerry for Readers' Favorite
How do you help athletic children with lots of energy but not enough sportsmanship? Scott Charles explores the options in The Breaking Game. Rebecca is 12 years old and loves to play soccer. She tends to get extremely aggressive and over-competitive, especially when she thinks she cannot beat her opponent. After delivering a grueling tackle to a team player that results in a crippling injury, she gets banned from her soccer vacation. She then gets sent to a camp for America’s most relentless and ferocious young athletes. She meets the camp counselor and wonders if he is a monster. She starts to question herself, wondering if her actions in the past have made her into a monster. Will Rebecca find a way to survive in this no-holds-barred atmosphere where enemies are everywhere?
Scott Charles highlights the importance of good sportsmanship in The Breaking Game. A competitive spirit is great, but you should not plot to destroy another player physically for no return games. Rebecca did this when she created a signature move that delivered maximum punishment and injury. The plot is fast-paced, and I love the sneaky twist at the end, where the true origin of the camp is revealed. When Rebecca finally meets the mastermind behind the camp and the reasons for establishing the camp are revealed, I thought about the treatment of child athletes. I would recommend readers who enjoy action and adventure stories and parents who have preteen children to read this book.
