商品簡介
With the help of his grandmother, his dead father's best friend, and his own best friend—a math whiz—Mickey prepares to compete in the most important pool championship of his life, despite his mother's reservations.
作者簡介
Joan Bauer?is the author of thirteen books for young readers. Joan's first novel,?Squashed, won the Delacorte Prize for a First Young Adult Novel. Five novels for young adult readers have followed:?Thwonk,?Sticks,?Rules of the Road?(LA Times?Book Prize and Golden Kite),?Backwater?and?Hope was Here?(Newbery Honor Medal).?The Christopher Award was given to both?Hope was Here?and?Close to Famous,?which?also?received the Schneider Family Book Award. Joan is the recipient of numerous state awards voted by readers.
School Library Journal?says, “When it comes to creating strong, independent, and funny?characters, Bauer is in a class by herself.”
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Joan Bauer lives in Brooklyn, New York.?Visit her at www.joanbauer.com.
