Jon enjoyed playing basketball until his school got an official team and a gung-ho coach. "Cooper's view is keenly focused and convincing. The plot unfolds at a sprightly pace....Even older reluctant readers will take to this newest entry in an attractive series."--School Library Journal.
Having alienated her best friend Robin, eleven-year-old Veronica has no one to turn to for sympathy and support when it appears that her divorced father might remarry
Jonathan doesn't want his father to think he's a quitter, but middle school basketball--under the lash of a gung-ho coach--is turning out to be anything but fun.
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(William Morrow & Co, June 1, 1988)
After helping her supposed best friend Veronica found the sixth grade's secret club, the Awesome Kennedy Girls, Robin accidentally gets on her wrong side and discovers how bossy and cruel Veronica really is.
When Gretchen's new slimmed-down figure and jazzy haircut earn her admiration from the class and an invitation for a date from a boy, she finds herself unprepared for so much attention, and almost wishes she were overweight again.