“A volleyball pendant!” she cried. “Just like yours, Michaela.”
“You mentioned that you wanted one,” her dad reminded her. “I guess now you’re a matching set!”
“You know,” Jamie told them all as she fastened her pendant around her neck, “I guess I’ve learned something really important from all this.”
“What’s that, pumpkin?” her dad asked, his arm around her shoulders.
Jamie’s look took them all in. “I’ve learned that when life takes a tough shot at you, you’ve got to jump up and spike it!”
MATT CHRISTOPHER
The #1 Sports Writer for Kits
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face-Off
Fighting Tackle
Football Fugitive
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The Great Quarterback Switch
Hard Drive to Short
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The Kid Who Only Hit Homers
Little Lefty
Long Shot for Paul
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Look Who’s Playing first Base
Miracle at the Plate
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No Arm in Left Field
Olympic Dream
Penalty Shot
Pressure Play
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Red-Hot Hightops
The Reluctant Pitcher
Return of the Home Run Kid
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Run, Billy, Run
Shoot for the Hoop
Shortstop from Tokyo
Skateboard Tough
Snowboard Maverick
Soccer Halfback
Soccer Scoop
Spike It!
The Submarine Pitch
Supercharged Infield
Tackle Without a Team
Takedown
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Contents
Welcome
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
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Copyright
Copyright
The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
Copyright © 1998 by The Estate of Matthew F. Christopher
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