Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Free Throws
By Janette Rallison
(Walker Childrens, Paperback, 9780802788986, 192pp.)
Publication Date: August 22, 2006
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover
Categories: Humorous Stories, Social Issues - General, Sports & Recreation - Basketball
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Going head-to-head with your best friend is never easy, on the court or off.
Josie loves hottie Ethan Lancaster, the captain of the basketball team, but she never can do or say the right thing in front of him. So how can it be fair that Ethan is only interested in her best friend, Cami, when Cami isn't even trying for his affection? Or is she?
Cami dreams of winning her basketball team's coveted MVP award, and earning the chance to take the court during a special halftime demonstration with WNBA star Rebecca Lobo, but her best friend, Josie, is a better player. So how can it be fair that Josie is a shoo-in for the honor if she is barely interested in basketball in the first place and isn't even trying to be the best? Or is she?
Janette Rallison had a brief but memorable basketball career in Junior High. She decided not to pursue basketball as a career, however, after scoring a basket for the opposing team. (They really shouldn't switch sides during half time as certain players find this confusing.) Shortly thereafter Janette took up dance, an activity which takes an equal amount of talent, but has the added advantage of uniforms with sequins. Besides, no one keeps score at a dance recital.
Ms. Rallison is also the author of Fame, Glory, and Other Things on My To Do List and All's Fair in Love, War, and High School. She lives and works in Chandler, Arizona with her husband, five kids, two cats, a dog, and an assortment of lizards that the kids keep dragging inside.
"This novel captures tension of a best friendship gone sour from jealousy, and provides a believable happy ending that will please middle school girls." --Booklist
"Rallison again demonstrates a crisp, witty comic voice. . . . By focusing on events of enormous import to adolescent girls and by keeping the laughs coming, she again delivers a high-school romp that will give readers plenty of fun." --Kirkus Reviews
"This is a fun, realistic, sometimes poignant story about two teens and the ups and downs of their relationship. Written from their alternating perspectives, this book shows how petty differences can be overcome." --School Library Journal
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