The World's Greatest Athlete by Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso

Started: 4/27/06
Finished: 4/27/06
Pages: 142
Year: 1973
Genre: Disney children's book
Grade: C-
Reason for reading: grabbed off the shelf (from a bookbox)
Blurb (from back cover): "All the Merrivale teams have done is lose...and lose...and lose. Coach Sam Archer and his assistant, Milo Jackson, try desperately to think of something-anything-they can do to bring back the sweet smell of victory. Then one day, in Africa, they see Nanu, a boy of the jungle, race against a cheetah...and win. They are ecstatic. The answer to all their prayers!
"Back at Merrivale Nanu proves to be everything they prayed for-no one can surpass the new records he sets. Until the day the witch doctor who is Nanu's guardian shows up. Gazenga is plenty mad at the two coaches for taking Nanu away from home and friends. And when Gazenga is mad, look out! Poor Archer, poor Milo, and poor, poor, Nanu. What happens to them shouldn't happen to a dog!"
Opinion: If the writing in the blurb is any indication of the book-then you can guess why I gave it what I gave it. It's fitting for children but not for adults unless you actually remember the movie that the book is based on. I do remember the movie, and disliking it and the book reemphasized the dislike.