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Four friends • Four sports • Four books
I wrote the 4 for 4 series of middle-grade novels thinking about the reader I was at that age. I wanted to write about four friends who are nuts about sports and the challenges they face on and off the field. The series spans the time from the spring of their fifth-grade year, through the summer, and then into middle school. Each book focuses on a different sport: baseball, soccer, football, and basketball.
The first book, Top of the Order, introduces Jackson, Isaac, and Gig to a new kid at school, Diego, who can play. The four of them go out for their local team, but they are short a second baseman. The person who arrives to play surprises them all and causes difficulties on their team and on their friendship.
2010 Bank Street College of Education
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