Losers and Winners [Paperback]

In his senior year, forced at every track meet to face the hatred of strangers who think he killed a little girl and got away with it, Matt McKendrick is determined to earn the Runner of the Year Award and to prove that no matter what they do, they can’t make him quit. His strongest rival is a black athlete as outstanding as he is. Only one of them can win the award, and only one does.
 
Losers and Winnersis the third book in the series.

Frances A. Miller has been both a teacher and a librarian. Currently at home in Chestertown, Maryland, she has lived all over the U.S. and spent 6 years in Australia. She is a long time member of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and The Authors Guild, and author of four highly successful YA novels about Matt McKendrick and the Schuyler family.The Truth Trapwon the California Young Reader Medal (high school category), and was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults.Aren’t You the One Who . . . ?, called “taut and touching” by theChicago Tribune, was a top choice inEnglish Journal’s annual Young Adult poll and on the Iowa Teen Award list.Losers and Winnerswas described byPublishers Weeklyas a “powerfully written story of uncommon humanity.”Cutting Loose, a Tor Book Club choice, was reviewed by a YA librarian as “Real teenagers wrestling with real issues. Highly recommended.” A ghost story “Something’s Different” appeared in Donald Gallo’sShort Circuitscollection. Miller has also writtenWatch Out, World!, a fantasy for 9–11 year-olds; fiction and biographies for older students reading at the third grade level; and numerous articles on reading, writing, and books for national publications. From 1984 to 1987, Miller sponsored the “Aussie Books for Kids” exhibit which traveled to school—public alc7