Hardcourt Comeback (Fred Bowen Sports Stories)
Brett Carter, star of his basketball team and most everything else, develops a nasty case of the yips after his misses an easy game-winning layup. His confidence gets further shaken when he freaks out halfway up a climbing wall and muffs a question in the school social-studies bee. How's he going to get the touch back? This entry in the Fred Bowen Sports Story series is flush with life lessons about perseverance, dedication, and picking oneself up after a hard knock, not to mention loads of on-court action. It reads like a succesful drive to the hoop—quick, purposeful, and effective. Grades 4-7. --Ian Chipman