Bottom of the Ninth (Rabbit LaBelle)

"Rabbit" Labelle, the charismatic and improbable football star of Offside and unlikely basketball player in Offensive Foul, continues his high school sports journey in Bottom of the Ninth.While struggling to secure his place on the team, Rabbit battles family discord, reels from current events that shake the country, and stands up for his principles in the face of adversity.

The impact of his choices will affect everyone around him.

"Hendrickson personalizes historywith unforgettable characters."-- Jewell Parker Rhodes, author of Ninth Ward, a Coretta Scott King Honor book

David H. Hendrickson's short fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories 2018, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Heart's Kiss, Pulphouse, and numerous anthologies, including many issues of Fiction River. He is a multi-finalist for the Derringer Award, and his story "Death in the Serengeti" was honored with the 2018 Derringer Award for Best Long Story. He has published two short story collections, two nonfiction books, and seven novels, including Offside and Cracking the Ice, which have been adopted for high school student required reading. Visit him online at www.hendricksonwriter.com.