# The Million Dollar Kick

**Author:** Dan Gutman
**Grade range:** Grades 4–6
**Age range:** 9–11
**First published:** 2001
**Page count:** 202
**Genre:** Sports Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780786852109`
**ISBN-10:** `1417734221`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-million-dollar-kick
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Thirteen-year-old Whisper, who hates sports, is torn when she gets a chance to win a million dollars by kicking a goal against a local soccer hero.

## Themes

- contests
- soccer
- contests in fiction
- sports in fiction

## Where this book is assigned

### Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award — Maryland's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-63-520): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award — Maryland's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-63-520): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award — Maryland's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-63-520): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)

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