num_pages: 272
description: Just when they think they've got the hang of things Rip and Red find that fifth grade continues to challenge them in head-spinning ways. Tiki a new girl whose Egyptian dad is an animal-rights activist has just joined their class. She's charismatic funnyand she's got game! Rip has his world turned upside down as Tiki proves to be tough competition on the Clifton United basketball team and leads a rebellion against the lousy new food service in the school cafeteria. Reda kid on the autism spectrumis struggling with the upheavals as well. But as these two funky and funny best friends discover sometimes radical change is the right move on the court and off.
language: English
title: Rookie of the Year
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux