Matt Christopher

When shy Tina Esparza is offered the position of goalkeeper on the Wildcats team, she is afraid to accept, fearing to be the center of attention, but when her friends and her parents encourage her, she decides to try.

Team rivalry threatens to spoil a budding friendship between a showy soccer player, Bryce, and soft-spoken but talented Renny.

When Tim Daniels, now fourteen, returns to Camp Wickasaukee he serves as mentor to three rookie basketball players, continues to work on keeping his short stature from getting in his way, faces a bully, and gets help from NCAA player Dick Dunbar.