With realistic details, thrilling plots and cool characters, these high-interest sports stories slam readers into the middle of the game. Readers will discover that an athlete's inner strength, persistence and courage are just as important as a steady hand or a chance for a goal.

 

This book is part of a book series called Sport Stories .

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

Lisa Trumbauer has written more than 50 children's books. Jannie Ho studied illustration at Parsons School of Design in New York. She has illustrated many children's books. Val Priebe lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with four dogs, a cat named Cowboy, and a guy named Nick. Besides writing books, she loves to spend her time reading, knitting, cooking, and coaching basketball. Other books that Val has written in this series include Full Court Dreams and Stolen Bases. Eric Stevens lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is studying to become a middle-school English teacher. Some of his favorite things include pizza, playing video games, watching cooking shows on TV, riding his bike, and trying new restaurants. Some of his least favorite things include olives and shoveling snow.