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Toby Wheeler: Eighth Grade Benchwarmer

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TOBY WHEELER LOVES basketball and playing pickup games at the local rec center. No coaches, no practices, just nonstop action with his best friend, JJ, at his side. But lately JJ's been acting like he's too busy for Toby, and Toby knows it will only get worse once basketball season begins at their junior high. That's because JJ is the star of their school team, while Toby is just an ordinary gym rat.

When Coach Applewhite offers Toby a chance to join the team, Toby's eager to prove he can keep up with JJ. But then the coach announces the lineup, and Toby's hopes of playing ball with JJ are history: he's an eighthgrade benchwarmer! Befriending the coach's daughter only makes matters worse. Now the only way Toby will get in the game is if he starts thinking like a team player, on and off the court.

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Synopsis:

When Toby Wheeler has a chance to join the junior high basketball team, he’s eager to prove he can keep up with his best friend, JJ. But practice doesn’t go quite as Toby has planned, and when the coach announces the lineup, Toby’s hopes of playing ball with JJ are history: he’s an eighth-grade benchwarmer!

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When Toby finally decides to join the middle school basketball team, he does not anticipate the changes that will occur in his relationship with his best friend JJ, who is the team's star player, as well as in other areas of his life. Reprint.
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About the Author

Thatcher Heldring has had several jobs in book publishing. He has also worked as a small forward, a goalie, a scorekeeper, a coach, a rabid fan, and a benchwarmer. He and his wife, Staci, live in Seattle, a good place for indoor sports.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780375890567
Subtitle:
Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer
Publisher:
Random House Children's Books
Author:
Heldring, Thatcher
Author:
Thatcher Heldring
Subject:
Juvenile Fiction : Sports & Recreation - Basketball
Subject:
Juvenile Fiction : Social Issues - Friendship
Subject:
Sports & Recreation - Basketball
Subject:
Basketball
Subject:
Friendship
Subject:
Interpersonal Relations
Subject:
Children s-Sports Fiction-Basketball
Subject:
Children s-Sports Fiction-General
Subject:
Children s Middle Readers-General
Subject:
main_subject
Subject:
all_subjects
Publication Date:
20081111
Binding:
ELECTRONIC
Grade Level:
4-7
Language:
English
Pages:
213
Age Level:
9-12
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Product details 213 pages Random House Children's Books - English 9780375890567 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , When Toby Wheeler has a chance to join the junior high basketball team, he’s eager to prove he can keep up with his best friend, JJ. But practice doesn’t go quite as Toby has planned, and when the coach announces the lineup, Toby’s hopes of playing ball with JJ are history: he’s an eighth-grade benchwarmer!
"Synopsis" by , When Toby finally decides to join the middle school basketball team, he does not anticipate the changes that will occur in his relationship with his best friend JJ, who is the team's star player, as well as in other areas of his life. Reprint.
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