Get those rebounds!
Les Etter
Although he loves basketball, sixteen-year-old Rick is convinced he'll never attain the star status of his older brother.
Read Time: ~2.6 hr
Planet Middle School
by Nikki Grimes (2011)
About this book
A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CorePlanet Middle School Lead Character
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