CHAPTER 1 BIRTHDAY MAYHEM ______________ 4 CHAPTER 2 A FRIENDLY GAME _______________12 CHAPTER 3 SORE LOSERS _________________ 20 CHAPTER 4 DEFLATED _____________________26 CHAPTER 5 GIRL POWER ___________________33 CHAPTER 6 PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT _______ 40 CHAPTER 7 ANOTHER GIFT FROM SAL ________ 49 CHAPTER 8 LET THE GAMES BEGIN _________ 53 CHAPTER 9 REMATCH ______________________61 CHAPTER 10 A CHAMPION IS CROWNED ______ 68 ABOUT THE AUTHOR _______________________________ 76 ABOUT THE BASKETBALL STAR _______________________ 77 THINK ABOUT IT ___________________________________ 78 WRITE ABOUT IT ___________________________________ 79 GET YOUR GAME ON _______________________________80
CHAPTER 1 She shoots Annie Roger leaped into the air and released the basketball in a beautiful arc The ball hit the backboard rattled off the front of the metal rim and dropped through the hoop she scores Sure thirteen-year-old Annie was just shooting hoops in her driveway but she envisioned herself making the game-winning 4
shot her teammates hoisting her into the air as she held up a gigantic trophy The crowd goes wild Ahhh The ball bounced lazily back to her and she scooped it off the asphalt The ball a bit lopsided its bumps worn away with time and use once belonged to her dad when he was her age It was now Annie’s most prized possession From inside the house Annie heard the screeching of nine-year-old girls Annie’s sister Olivia was having a birthday party Shooting hoops was Annie’s way of getting away from the madness As she dribbled the ball on the driveway with one hand Annie texted her friends with the other Rescue me Let’s shoot hoops 5
