num_pages: 256
description: Rip and Red are best friends whose fifth-grade year is nothing like what they expected. They have a crazy new tattooed teacher named Mr. Acevedo who doesn't believe in tests or homework and who likes off-the-wall projects the more off the better. They also find themselves with a new basketball Mr. Acevedo! Easy-going Rip is knocked completely out of his comfort zone. And for Red who has autism and really needs things to be exactly a certain way the changes are even more of a struggle. But together these two make a great duo who know how to help each otherand find ways to make a differencein the classroom and on the court.With its energetic and authentic story and artwork this is a fresh fun book about school sports and friendship.This title has Common Core connections.
language: English
title: A Whole New Ballgame
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)