Full court dreams

Full court dreams

Jake Maddox

Book - 2008

It's the day of basketball tryouts, and Annie overslept! She can't believe she's running late on the most important day of the year. Last year, Annie and her best friends, Megan and Emma, were cut from the team. Of course. the school's meanest girls, Sarah and Dani, made it. But this year there's a new coach, and Annie's been practicing her heart out. Annie is determined to make the team this year, and she won't let anything stand in her way!

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Subjects
Basketball > Juvenile fiction.
Sports > Juvenile fiction.
Published
Minneapolis : Stone Arch Books c2008.
Language
English
Main Author
Jake Maddox (-)
Other Authors
Val Prieve (-), Tuesday Mourning (illustrator)
Physical Description
63 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
ISBN
9781434204691
9781434205193
  • First day
  • Nervous
  • Coach Jackson
  • Just okay
  • Day two
  • First cut
  • No more Megan
  • Good signs
  • Heart and soul.
Review by Booklist Review

This entry in the Impact series of hi-lo sports fiction begins with Annie oversleeping on the day she is to try out for the basketball team. Last year, she and her friends were cut, while Sarah and Dani, mean girls to the core, made the team. Annie, Emma, and Megan have both hopes and fears about the lengthy tryouts, but only Megan isn't sure if she really wants to be on the team. Told from Annie's point of view, the book marches steadily through several tryouts before the expected ending. The writing is unremarkable, but the story does capture the anxiety that often accompanies playing sports. Taking the girls through several days of tryouts seems artificial, but it builds a little tension, and Megan's indecision makes for a nice twist. The gray-washed, full-page pictures will attract readers.--Cooper, Ilene Copyright 2008 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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