Sideline Blues (Broadway Ballplayers)
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ISBN: 0743407458 / Publisher: Aladdin, July 2001
As she prepares for a volleyball game and for an academic competition, Wilma Rudolph Thomas worries about her athletic skills, concentrating on academics, a too-busy father, and a stepmother who has no interest in her or her sister.
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I should be an all-star. I should be player of the game! All my coach had to do was open her eyes. Then she'd see my all-star, MVP, All-American potential and I could start filling up my trophy case. Yet for reasons beyond my comprehension, I ended up riding the pine and singing the blues ninety-nine percent of the time. Then my volleyball woes took a back seat to the task of bringing the gold home to Broadway Ave. in the Brightest Stars academic competition. While my dad worked double shifts to pay the bills, I knew my mother was watching over me from heaven. I had to get in the game and I had to win. -- Wil
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