Binding: Paperback
Description: Nikki wants to be a basketball star but between school stress friend drama and babysitting woes will she be able to make it on her new team? Judy Blume meets Mike Lupica in this pitch - perfect action - packed and funny novel. Thirteen - year - old Nikki Doyle's dreams of becoming a basketball great feel within reach when she's selected to play on an elite - level club team. But in a league with taller stronger and faster girls Nikki suddenly isn't the best point guard. In fact she's no longer a point guard at all which leaves her struggling to figure out who she is and how she fits in. The stress piles on as Nikki's best friend spends more and more time with another girl on the team and when her science teacher assigns a family tree project that will be impossible to complete unless Nikki reveals her most embarrassing secret. As if that's not enough to deal with to cover the costs of her new team Nikki has agreed to take care of her annoying younger brother after school to save money on childcare. As the stakes rise on the basketball court at school and at home Nikki's confidence plummets. Can she learn to compete at this new higher level? And how hard is she willing to work to find out?
Title: Nikki On The Line
Author(s): Roberts Barbara Carroll
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Barcode: 9780316521895
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 3/3/2020
Category: School Stories (Children's / Teenage)