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by Fred Bowen (Author)
Ryan, Zeke, Eli, and Miles have always shared a love of sports, especially basketball.
When it's time for basketball team tryouts, these best friends practice together, compete in a local 3-on-3 tournament, and carefully compute their chances of making the team. However, when tryouts arrive, will all their athletic skills pass the test? Can their friendship survive if one of them doesn't make the cut? Fred Bowen keeps readers on the edge of their seats with play-by-play basketball action and real court strategy along with a story about winning and losing as well as the value of practice and competition. In the sports history epilogue, Bowen reminds readers that even famous players like Michael Jordan didn't make their high school basketball teams the first time around.Author Biography
Fred Bowen was a Little Leaguer who loved to read and is still a lifelong sports fanatic. He is the author of the action-packed Fred Bowen Sports Story series, currently totaling more than twenty titles. For thirteen years, Bowen coached kids' baseball and basketball teams. He has also written a weekly sports column for kids in the Washington Post since 2000. He was a lawyer for many years before retiring to become a full-time children's book author.Bowen lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife Peggy Jackson. They have two grown children.
Number of Pages: 112
Dimensions: 0.5 x 7.3 x 5.1 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: October 06, 2009
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Final Cut
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 2
