Tournament of Champions
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Available: 06/06/17
5.8 x 8.46 · 256 pages
Ages 8-12 years
9780374305079
CDN $23.99
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It's spring of their fifth-grade year and Rip and Red have a thrilling opportunity to participate in a weekend basketball tournament with a few other members of Clifton United. While the tournament is only a short bus ride away, both boys will travel outside their comfort zones. Ultra-competitive Rip must play on a team with kids he doesn't like. But he faces an even bigger hurdle when someone from his past returns, someone he hasn't seen in years, someone who just may derail the entire weekend. As for Red, because of his autism spectrum disorder, he's never traveled anywhere without his mother. Will he muster the courage to take the trip? Fortunately for both boys, also on the team is an unlikely addition, a source of inspiration who helps everyone discover the true meaning of the word champion.
Tournament of Champions is the third book in Phil Bildner's Rip and Red series.
Phil Bildner is a former New York City public school teacher who lives in Newburgh, New York. The author of many picture books and novels, including Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans, The Soccer Fence: A Story of Friendship, Hope, and Apartheid in South Africa, and the acclaimed coming-of-age story A High Five for Glenn Burke, he speaks at numerous schools and libraries every year. Tim Probert has illustrated children's books, including Pickle by Kim Baker, as well as magazines and advertisements. He is also a director at the animation studio Aardman Nathan Love. He lives in New York City.
