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From the author of the award-winning Game Changer comes a gripping novel about two student-athletes searching for stardom, a young reporter searching for the truth, and a crosstown basketball rivalry that goes too far The people of Walthorne love their basketball-and one of the things they love most is the special rivalry between the Walthorne North Middle School Cougars and the Walthorne South Middle School Panthers. As the season begins, two star players are feeling the heat: Austin Chambers, captain of Walthorne North, worries that he's not good enough to live up to his father's legacy, while across town, the brilliantly talented Carter Haswell, captain of Walthorne South, is already under pressure to get a scholarship that might ease his family's financial stress. While both boys do whatever they can to make sure their team wins, Alfie Jenks, a school sports reporter, discovers that behind-the-scenes scandals are just as much a part of youth sports as on-the-court action. When she blows the story wide open, the whole season is jeopardized. Told through a series of flashbacks, newspaper reports, social media posts, and interviews, Rivals will have readers tearing through the pages to see what happens next-and asking themselves if winning has become more important than doing the right thing.

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Publié par	ABRAMS BOOKS
Date de parution	23 mars 2021
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781647000387
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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PRAISE FOR RIVALS
A Junior Library Guild selection
An Amazon Best Book of the Month
A crucial, necessary reminder: Sports should be fun!
- Kirkus Reviews
Scenes of action on the court are vivid and exciting . . . Give to fans of Jason Reynolds and Kwame Alexander s sports novels.
- School Library Journal

For all those dedicated parents, teachers, and coaches who do it the right way
PUBLISHER S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author s imagination or used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for and may be obtained from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-1-4197-4827-1 eISBN 978-1-64700-038-7
Text 2021 Tommy Greenwald Book design by Heather Kelly
Published in 2021 by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher.
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We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
-Benjamin Franklin and George Bernard Shaw, among others
You know what s weird?
When you re falling through the air, about to crash into a hard wooden floor and get really badly hurt or possibly die, you have a lot of time to think.
Which is good, because I have a ton of stuff to think about as I fall. The first thing I think is, this isn t as scary as I thought. I mean, it s definitely scary, but it s also calm.
And silent.
Like, the world stops.
I keep falling, and I keep thinking.
I think about everything that led up to this moment.
I think about my mom and dad.
I think about not wanting to die.
I think about how much it s going to hurt when I land, if I don t die.
I think about what kind of injuries I m going to have and how long it will take for me to get better.
I think about how the injuries might be so bad, I won t be able to play basketball again for a long time. Or ever. Or maybe I ll be able to play, but I won t be as good as I am right now.
And I think about how that might not be the worst thing in the world.
I hit the floor.
I hear a SLAM! Then a CRACK!
And everything goes dark.
FIRST HALF Four Months Earlier
WALTHORNENEWS . COM
PROWLING WITH THE PANTHERS
A MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS BLOG BY ALFIE JENKS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Hoops Season Kicks Off with Middle School Tradition
You can feel the crispness in the air. You can try to ignore the holiday commercials popping up on television, but you can hear the rustle of winter coats being removed from mothballed closets all over town.
That can only mean one thing: It s basketball season in Walthorne!
This is a town that takes its basketball extremely seriously; four Walthorne hometown heroes have made it to the NBA over the years and one to the WNBA, while many student-athletes have received Division I scholarships. Girls and boys all over town are getting ready for the season at every level, from the district champ Walthorne Wildcats high school team right down to the kindergarten Superkitten League.
One tradition that everyone looks forward to is the season-opening game between the Walthorne North Middle School Cougars and the Walthorne South Middle School Panthers. Since 1986, these two rivals have played each other twice a year: the first game of the season and the last game of the season. And it s always an exciting, fun-filled event.
I caught up with key members of each team as they were practicing for the big game. Austin Chambers, fourteen, is the captain of the Walthorne North squad. A point guard, Austin is the son of Frank Chambers, local legend and former star shooting guard at Penn State. This is going to be our year, Austin told us. We ve got a strong team and a great bunch of guys. Keep an eye out for Clay Elkind, our center. He s turning into a huge weapon for us. Across town, fourteen-year-old Carter Haswell, a young phenom who already stands six feet, two inches tall and was all-state last year as a seventh grader, captains the Walthorne South squad. I think we could go far, said Carter. I like our chances a lot, and Benny Walters is the best coach in the league. But Walthorne North is always tough, and they ll be a great first challenge for us.
These two young men will lead their teams onto the floor this Friday at Walthorne South gym. Game time is 4 pm. (And just a personal note: I will be broadcasting the game LIVE on our middle school radio station and website! So feel free to tune in.)

WWMS WALTHORNE SOUTH RADIO
ALFIE:
Testing, testing 123 . . . Is this thing on?
CARTER:
If you re talking to me, I can t hear you.
ALFIE:
Dang it! This equipment is pretty old. Mr. Rashad said he was trying to get us some new stuff but he uh . . . so, yeah, sorry, hold on a sec . . . how about now?
CARTER:
Oh sweet, now I got you. Yup, we re good.
ALFIE:
Cool. (BANGS THE MIC) Okay, so, yeah! Welcome to Talking Sports on WWMS. It s Wednesday, November 7th, and my name is Alfie Jenks, sports editor and head sportswriter.
CARTER:
So, will anyone actually, like, hear this?
ALFIE:
What do you mean?
CARTER:
Like, does anyone listen to your show?
ALFIE:
Oh absolutely.
CARTER:
Like who?
ALFIE:
I mean, well, you know, it s mostly just for fun and stuff, but like, I think my mom definitely listens.
CARTER:
(LAUGHS) HA! Cool. Well in that case, I ll try not to swear.
ALFIE:
Thank you.
CARTER:
What kind of name is Alfie for a girl, anyway?
ALFIE:
I m named after my grandfather. I like it. Why, you don t like it?
CARTER:
Uh, no, it s cool.
ALFIE:
I think so, too. So, anyway, yeah, once again welcome to the show everybody. That voice you hear belongs to Carter Haswell, eighth grade basketball star and captain of the Walthorne South Middle School Panthers. We re here to talk about the upcoming game, the first game of the season against your archrivals, the Walthorne North Cougars. Carter, what are your thoughts?
CARTER:
Uh, my thoughts?
ALFIE:
Yeah. You know, like, your thoughts about the game and stuff.
CARTER:
My thoughts. Got it. Well, my thoughts are that I hope we win.
ALFIE:
Cool.
CARTER:
Cool.
ALFIE:
Everyone s been looking forward to this game since the end of last year, when the two teams battled it out for the league championship and you guys beat them in the finals by three.
CARTER:
That was pretty awesome, especially winning in that fancy new gym they built.
ALFIE:
Yeah. I wonder when we re gonna get a gym like that.
CARTER:
Probably never.
ALFIE:
So now it s a new season, though, and Walthorne North has a lot of tall players, especially their center, Clay Elkind. What s the plan to contain them? Are you gonna play zone, maybe a box and one, or do you think you can handle them playing man-to-man? Are you concerned about their pick-and-roll?
CARTER:
Whoa. You know a lot about basketball. Like, more than me even.
ALFIE:
I love basketball.
CARTER:
Cool. I like basketball, too.
ALFIE:
Do you love it?
CARTER:
Uh, sure, I guess. I m not, like, obsessed with it or anything.
ALFIE:
That s so weird because people are saying you re, like, one of the best players to ever come out of Walthorne, and you re not even in high school yet.
CARTER:
I don t pay attention to any of that stuff. A lot of people take basketball too seriously if you ask me. I mean, it s just a game, right?
ALFIE:
If you say so. So if you don t take it seriously, how did you get so good? Do you practice a lot?
CARTER:
I practice when I feel like practicing, which is a lot, but, like it s not all I ever do. Do you play an instrument?
ALFIE:
No.
CARTER:
Oh. Well, I love playing guitar, but I m way worse at that than I am at basketball. It s like, some things you re really good at, and some things you re not, and that s just the way it is, you know? With basketball, people tell me I have a feel for the game. I guess that s part of it.
ALFIE:
Plus you re tall and super athletic.
CARTER:
Yeah well, that s all luck.
ALFIE:
I guess so. Well, it s almost time for next class, so thanks for coming on the show.
CARTER:
No problem.
ALFIE:
Oh wait! I almost forgot, the school asked me to announce that the town is doing this online pep rally thing, and they want us to encourage people to go on there and say supportive things about all our sports teams and show some school spirit!
CARTER:
Oh yeah, I heard about that. I guess that sounds fun, so yeah, for whoever s listening out there, check it out-wait, what s it called again?
ALFIE:
Walthornespirit.com
CARTER:
Right yeah, Walthornespirit.com. I guess, like, lots of kids are going to be on there getting psyched up for the winter sports season, so all the boys and girls teams are counting on everyone for support and stuff. Thanks.
ALFIE:
Thank you , Carter! This has been Alfie Jenks, Talking Sports. Be sure to tune in next week, when my guest will be seventh grade gymnastics star Rebecca Smythe.

5:32 pm Austin
YO CLAY, YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS THING?
WHAT THING
THIS ONLINE PEP RALLY THING
YEAH WHATEVER
COACH WANTS US TO DO IT THOUGH, GET EVERYONE PSYCHED
I DON T NEED TO GET MORE PSYCHED, I ALREADY WANT TO KICK THEIR BUTTS DON T YOU?
HAHA OF COURSE MAN
I DON T KNOW ABOUT MY LEG THOUGH I M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT IT, SOMETHING STILL DOESN T FEEL RIGHT
YOU LL BE FINE B