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Judy Blume meets Mike Lupica in this pitch-perfect, action-packed, and funny novel about a girl coming of age at home, in school, and on the basketball court. Thirteen-year-old Nikki Doyle's dreams of becoming a basketball great feel within reach when she's selected to play on an elite-level club team. But in a league with taller, stronger, and faster girls, Nikki suddenly isn't the best point guard. In fact, she's no longer a point guard at all, which leaves her struggling to figure out who she is and how she fits in.The stress piles on as Nikki's best friend spends more and more time with another girl on the team, and when her science teacher assigns a family tree project that will be impossible to complete unless Nikki reveals her most embarrassing secret.
About the Author
Barbara Carroll Roberts grew up in northern California. She holds a B.A. in English from Occidental College in Los Angeles and a Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.She's held many jobs: farm worker, movie theater attendant, bookstore clerk, corporate communications writer, video producer, substitute elementary school teacher, children's book reviewer, mom. And now, as a children's writer, she has a job that allows her to draw on aspects of all her previous experience to create books for kids.She has two grown children and lives in northern Virginia with her husband, one ridiculously energetic Springer spaniel, and two cats.
