Playing For Pride [Paperback]

Timothy Tocher (Author)

Book Description

A New Sport with New Rules --

Can Laurie Come Through for Her Team?

With the girls' softball season about to start, fifth-grader Laurie Bird Preston can't decide what to do. Her friends are trying out for the team, but Laurie knows she's no softball player -- basketball is her sport. She helped lead her middle school's girls' basketball team to a state championshiop just a few weeks earlier. What fun will she have playing a sport she's no good at and might not even like? But with patience, practice -- and help form her friends and an eccentric old woman with a mysterious past -- Laurie might just learn that she doesn't have to be the best player to be part of the team.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Meadowbrook (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689024533
• ISBN-13: 978-0689024535
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 6.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,707,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A resident of New York's Hudson Valley, Timothy Tocher is the author of 4 novels and 1 nonfiction book for middle grade and YA readers. His poetry and short stories appear in many magazines and anthologies. A former teacher, Timothy enjoys visiting schools, libraries and conferences.

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CHIEF SUNRISE, JOHN MCGRAW, AND ME (Cricket Books, 2004) was named a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association. The sequel, BILL PENNANT, BABE RUTH, AND ME (Cricket Books, 2009) received a starred Kirkus review. Newbery Award winning author Richard Peck called it, "Heart speeding history at its finest," in his cover blurb.

LONG SHOT and PLAYING FOR PRIDE (Meadowbrook Press, 2001 and 2002)feature Laurie Bird Preston, a middle school girl who loves to compete in sports. Living in a single parent household, Laurie struggles to match her success in athletics in the other facets of her life.