"As the days go on, nine-year-old Eleanor realizes that maybe being at summer camp isn't so bad after all, and is full of special surprises"--

When her best friend's cancer returns in the summer of 1987, none of her usual pursuits--surfing, singing, or reading poetry--can keep thirteen-year-old Ava afloat.

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks...The court is SIZZLING.  My sweat in DRIZZLING.  Stop all that quivering.  Cuz tonight I'm delivering," announces 12-year-old Josh Bell.  He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court.  Josh has basketball in his blood, but he's got mad beats, too, that tell his family's story in verse in this fast and furious novel.  Josh and Jordan must come to grips with growing up on and off the court to realize...

"El fenómeno del básquetbol, Josh Bell, y su hermano gemelo, Jordan, son los reyes de la cancha, con esos crossovers inesperados que hacen llorar a los jugadores más duros. Pero cuando Jordan conoce a la nueva chica del colegio, lazos entre los gemelos se empiezan a desanudar. El baloncesto y la hermandad se entrelazan para mostrarles a Josh y Jordan que la vida no viene con un manual de jugadas y que, a veces, el asunto no es ganar."-- Twelve-year-old...