Tournament of champions
By: Phil Bildner ; pictures by Tim Probert
Contributors: Probert, Tim, ill
Edition: First edition.
Series: Rip and Red
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published: 2017
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780374305079
Subjects: Basketball; Best friends; Juvenile fiction; Contests; Friendship; Family life; Fiction
Description: It s spring of their fifth-grade year and Rip and Red have a thrilling opportunity to participate in a weekend basketball tournament with a few other members of Clifton United. While the tournament is only a short bus ride away, both boys will travel outside their comfort zones. Ultra-competitive Rip must play on a team with kids he doesn t like. But he faces an even bigger hurdle when someone from his past returns, someone he hasn t seen in years, someone who just may derail the entire weekend. As for Red, because of his autism spectrum disorder, he s never traveled anywhere without his mother. Will he muster the courage to take the trip? Fortunately for both boys, also on the team is an unlikely addition, a source of inspiration who helps everyone discover the true meaning of the word champion.
Notes: 456 Childrens Plus, Inc.

Accelerated Reader MG 3.7 5 189294