Spike It!: Can Jamie Learn to live with Her New Stepsister? (Matt Christopher Sports Classics) - Hardcover

Christopher, Matt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316134511 ISBN 13: 9780316134514

Publisher: Little, Brown, 1999

Synopsis

Although Jane wants to accept her new stepmother and stepsister, Michaela, she finds it difficult when Michaela joins the same volleyball team and soon becomes the team star, but Jane knows she has to maintain control somehow for the good of her new family.

About this title

About the Author:

Matt Christopher is the best selling name behind more than 100 sports-themed books for young readers.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-8Eighth-grader Jamie Bonner is one of the stars of the East Side Middle School volleyball team. Only five days before remarrying, her widowed father announces the big news to his daughters. For Jamie, adjusting to her new 13-year-old stepsister is more of a shock than the marriage. Michaela seems to be perfecttall, pretty, smart, talentedand soon seems to take over Jamies life, including her bedroom, friends, and the boy she likes. At least Jamie still has her volleyball to herself. But after one of her teammates sprains her wrist, guess who joins the teamand, of course, is perfect at volleyball, too. Eventually, Jamie realizes that Michaela is also adjusting to a new life and family, and all ends happily. The story captures typical kid-speak dialogue, and the resolution of the blended familys adjustments and difficulties are believable. Theres enough action and mild teen angst to satisfy many readers, especially those yearning for sports fiction not dominated by boys.Kate Kohlbeck, Randall School, Waukesha, WI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0316134511
• ISBN 13: 9780316134514
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144
• Illustrator: Kids The #1 Sports Writer For