Shoot-Out
What happens when a star player ends up on the worst team? He either learns to lose or he stops playing the game he loves. These are the choices facing Jake, who has gone from champion to last place, testing his sportsmanship every time his soccer team gets waxed. But it's his teammate Kevin who shows Jake that being a good captain means scoring and assisting off the field as much as being the star player on it.
About the Comeback Kids Series
Books in series order
- 1.Two-Minute Drill(2007)
- 2.Hot Hand!(2007)
- 3.Safe at Home(2008)
- 4.Long Shot(2008)
- 5.Shoot-Out(2010)
Reading age: 8+ years
The Comeback Kids is a series of five separate stories about five boys for whom sport is almost everything. Jake loves to play soccer; Chris is passionate about football; Zach and Pedro live for basketball; and Nick wants to belong on the baseball field. In differing ways, all the boys discover that rarely is the desire to play free from outside factors—factors such as friendships, peer group and family pressures, and the challenges of performing well in a sport you love.