Grab a seat, and get ready to cheer Lori on once again, as she works through the growing pains of middle-school and faces her fearson the court and in life.
Sixth grade is hereand just as Lori starts to find her footing, everything begins to shift again.
Her friends are developing new interests and drifting in different directions. Her dad returns to work for the first time since she was born, changing the rhythm of home life. And when her mom takes a job coaching a new after-school basketball league, Loris world on and off the court suddenly collide in unexpected ways.
To make things even more complicated, her closest friends are now playing for the opposing team.
As the pressure builds, Lori begins to feel frustrated, left out, and unsure of where she standsboth in basketball and in her changing life.
Mike Dawsonis the author of several graphic novels and comics collections, including
Freddie & Me: A Coming of Age (Bohemian) Rhapsodyand
Ace Face: The Mod with the Metal Arms. His work has appeared at
The Nib, Slate,and
The New Yorker,and has been nominated for multiple Eisner and Ignatz Awards, as well as the
SlateCartoonists Studio Prize. He lives at the Jersey Shore with his wife and children.
A Junior Library Guild selection
Buoyant and breathless, scoring on several levels. Kirkus
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