Lay-ups and

Long Shots

Nine short stories by

Max Elliot Anderson

Joseph Bruchac

Lynea Bowdish

Dorian Cirrone

Peggy Duffy

David Lubar

Jamie McEwan

CS Perryess

Terry Trueman


978-1-58196-078-5

$15.95 US; $18.95 CAN

Trade hardcover with jacket

5-1/2 x 7-5/16 • 112 pages

Anthology; Ages 10 and up


    As a follow up to our sports-themed short story sampler, Sports Shorts (© 2005), Lay-ups and Long Shots gives kids more reasons to mix athletics and reading. One by one, each author tells a story about the hurdles and/or satisfaction found in different kinds of sports: basketball, track, baseball, football, white-water rafting, soccer, surfing, BMX biking, and Ping-Pong!

   


Scrubs Forever!

by Jamie McEwan

illustrated by John Margeson


978-1-58196-069-3

$14.95 US; $17.95 CAN

Trade hardcover with jacket

6 x 8-1/2 • 64 pages

Beginning chapter book;

Ages 8 and up


   

                                        The Scrubs are together again, and this time they really rock! Rock climb, that is. In this fourth and final book in the Scrubs series, Dan—the quotable man—struggles with his own “scrub-ness” as he questions the basics of his beliefs about what it takes to be a winner. Rock climbing is the sport that shows Dan that being too competitive can get in his way to the top—and can cost him the friends who are always there to catch him when he falls.

Bed, Bats, & Beyond

by Joan Holub

illustrated by

Mernie Gallagher-Coler


978-1-58196-077-8

$14.95 US; $17.95 CAN

Trade hardcover with jacket

6-1/2 x 8 • 64 pages

Chapter book; Ages 7 and up


            Fang, a young bat, is having a

            tough time getting to sleep.

            His brother Fink decides he needs a story—a scary owl-monster story. Now Fang really can’t get to sleep. Next, brother Batrick thinks he has the answer—an adventurous pirate story! Fang is so excited that he is even more awake. Then sister Batsy offers a romantic story about Cleobatra and a prince. Kissy, kissy . . . ugh! Will Fang ever get to sleep? There’s one story left to to be told. Will it be the one that works?




My Best Friend, the

Atlantic Ocean, and

Other Great Bodies

Standing Between Me

and My Life with Giulio

by Jane Harrington


978-1-58196-070-9

$16.95 US; $19.95 CAN

Trade hardcover with jacket

5-1/2 x 7-5/16” • 176 pages

YA fiction; Ages 12 and up


    Welcome to the equally long-titled sequel to Four Things My Geeky-Jock-of-a-Best-Friend Must Do in Europe. Brady had her letters; Delia has her poetry journal.

    Who knew that Brady, the non-boy-crazy jock, would bring home an Italian hottie—and become his girlfriend? Delia is amazed at her own sneaky plans to grab Giulio the very moment he and Brady break up, which, according to Delia’s teen-magazine research, should be in about 41 days. In the meantime, she has to learn about football, the X-Men, and other icky guy things, just so she can attract the love of her not-so-simple life.


New Fiction–2008