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Rookie of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - Scarborough School District, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: October 24, 2016
Review
Rip and Red are good fifth grade friends. A new girl, Tiki, joins their class from Egypt. They become friends, but that friendship is tested when Tiki's basketball skills get her chosen for the first string team, while Rip is put on the second string team. Characters come from a variety of backgrounds and disabilities. Red is on the autism spectrum, Rip is African American, complete with dreadlocks, their friend Avery is in a wheelchair,and their teacher has family in the Dominican Republic. The pace of the story is rapid and humorous. Tiki's habit of making up words gets annoying...it feels overdone. Overall, a good story of school and friendship.
Overall Book Score: good
About the Book
Author:
Bildner, Phil
Illustrator: Probert, Tim
Illustration Quality: good
Publisher: Farrar Strauss and Giroux
Book Type: chapter book fiction
Genre: realistic fiction
Audience: grades 4-6
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9780374301347
Price: 15.99