Review
Praise for John Coy and Top of the Order:
“Appealing characters and plenty of baseball action will make this a hit with young sports fans.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Coy effortlessly captures the voices of boys on the verge of adolescence. Jackson and his friends are fully developed.”—School Library Journal
“Appealing and true to life.”—Publishers Weekly
Product Description
Just before they’re due to start middle school, Jackson, Gig, Isaac, and Diego, four sports-loving friends, all attend the same weeklong soccer camp. Diego is an experienced soccer player, and Gig has a natural ability for the sport he never realized. But Jackson and Isaac are split into another group of players—a group with younger, smaller kids. For the first time, both boys aren’t the stars of their team. In fact, they can’t seem to get a handle on soccer. At the same time, Jackson is having a hard time getting a handle on his mom’s deepening relationship with her boyfriend, and her suggestion that they move in with him. And Gig is worried about his father’s deployment to Afghanistan.
Here is a story about how life, like sports, can be unpredictable, frustrating, and exhilarating.
