Title: Long shot
First published: 2008
Description: Pedro Morales has always been content helping others look great. The epitome of a point guard, he plays the game to set up his teammatesNed, in particular, the star forward on the receiving end of Pedros pinpoint passes. Pedro wants to make his father proud, and so he runs for class president. Yet doing so means going one-on-one against Ned, easily the most popular boy in school. And Pedro learns the hard way that being a good teammate doesnt mean that others will return the favor. Now Pedro wants to win more than everbut this time, its for himself.
Subjects: Fiction, Basketball, Self-confidence, Schools, Competition (Psychology), Mexican Americans, Juvenile Fiction, Children's fiction, Basketball, fiction, Schools, fiction
LC classification: PZ7.L97914 Lo 2008