If you don't have a slot, what are we going to do with you? They call it Twenty-One Nights with the Knights. But for Elvin Bishop - fourteen, overweight, and a self- proclaimed non-athlete - the summer retreat is more like the twenty-one trials of hell. As everyone around him slips smoothly into a slot in his chosen sport, Elvin is pounded on the football field, slammed on the baseball diamond, and tortured on the wrestling mat. And he still can't find a slot.. From the acclaimed author of Shadow Boxer, here is a raw, darkly funny story about growing up and finding a place in the world. A Best Book for Young Adults.

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This darkly funny look at growing up male in America is narrated by chubby, 14-year-old Elvin Bishop, who describes, with sublime sarcasm, his increasingly painful efforts to find his appropriate athletic "slot." Mature readers will find this unusual sports story both hilarious and poignant; in a starred review, Booklist wrote, "this wry, thoughtful book speaks with wisdom and heart to the victim and the outsider in us all." An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.

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