Rookie of the year

By Phil Bildner

Subjects: People with disabilities, Basketball stories, Basketball, Friendship, fiction, Sports & Recreation, Social Issues, JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education, Basketball, fiction, Schools, fiction, Autism, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship, Fiction, JUVENILE FICTION, Children's fiction, People with disabilities, fiction, Juvenile fiction, School & Education, JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Basketball, Schools, Best friends, Friendship

Description: Just when they think they've got the hang of things, Rip and Red find that fifth grade continues to challenge them in head-spinning ways. Tiki, a new girl whose Egyptian dad is an animal-rights activist, has just joined their class. She's charismatic, funny and she's got game! Rip has his world turned upside down as Tiki proves to be tough competition on the Clifton United basketball teamand leads a rebellion against the lousy new food service in the school cafeteria. Red a kid on the autism spectrum is struggling with the upheavals as well. But as these two funky and funny best friends discover, sometimes radical change is the right move, on the court and off.