Tournament of champions

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Author
Bildner, Phil
Series
Rip and Red volume 3
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication Date
2017.
Language
English
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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.

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Probert, Tim illustrator., ill
ISBN
9780374305079

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  • Rookie of the year (Rip and Red Volume 2) Cover
  • Tournament of champions (Rip and Red Volume 3) Cover
  • Most valuable players (Rip and Red Volume 4) Cover

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Published Reviews

Horn Book Review

This third installment (A Whole New Ballgame; Rookie of the Year) introduces Rip's recently resurfaced father, who chaperones the basketball team at a tournament, much to Rip's displeasure. Meanwhile, Rip's autistic best friend, Red, is worried about sleeping away from home, and the team grapples with being seriously outclassed. Bildner has crafted another insightful and energetic story, enhanced by Probert's gray-scale illustrations. (c) Copyright 2018. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Kirkus Book Review

The latest installment of the Rip and Red series features more basketball action and slices of middle school life. Mason "Rip" Irving and Blake "Red" Daniels are finishing their fifth-grade year at Reese Jones Elementary school. When their coach, Mr. Acevedo, announces an invitation for their travel-league basketball team to play in the upcoming tournament of champions, the boys are excited. But when Rip's father comes back into his life as a chaperone for the trip, Rip feels "the best basketball weekend of my life was turning into a disaster." Rip's father (who is white) hasn't been in his life for a long time, and now he may be a distraction at the worst possible time. More than the abundant basketball action, Bildner's diverse cast of characters is what energizes this tremendously engaging story. Rip is mixed-race (his mom is black), Red is white and on the autism spectrum, and Diego Vasquez, Latino and a cancer survivor, is back playing ball. "You learn a lot about how you deal with things when you have cancer," Diego tells Rip. But every character has issues to face, and each student, including Rip, comes to realize that "Life is about playing the cards you're dealt." Another solid volume in a fun and lively series. (Fiction. 8-12) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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