P. V. Beck
“It was going to be the best year of my life. This year we’d go to State and win it all. That’s all I thought about. In March, I was going to be cutting down the net and holding a trophy in the air.”
Sixteen-year-old All-State, Janey Holmes is devastated, her dream shattered. Her old school suddenly closes over the summer and she finds herself at a new school, on a basketball team that hasn’t won a game in over three years.
As the Riverside Ravens climb from a hopeless start to challenge the best teams in the District, Janey learns what happens when her passion for the game and loyalty to her team is threatened by her explosive temper and the free-fall desires of first love.
For any woman who has ever played high school basketball, ever had her first heart-aching crush during those years, and ever struggled with family issues, the issues of her teammates, school problems, and team-gelling problems, this book is for you. And if you're a teen who plays high school sports and has to deal with everything that comes with that, including personal problems, internal and external dramas, then this book is for you, as well.
Thank you, PV, for bringing my past back in such a delightful way, angst and all. And to young adults/teens/tweens--read this. For real. It's good for you, and in a cool way.
Andi Marquette, author of Land of Entrapment
