Flicker Tale Children's Book Award
2009 · Juvenile · Nominee
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FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME...
Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court, but no one has a bigger love of the game, or a better sense of how to hit the open player with the perfect pass. Then the local travel team—the same travel team Danny's dad, Richie Walker, led to the national championship on ESPN when he was a kid— cuts Danny because of his height. But Danny isn't about to give up on basketball. It turns out that he's not the only kid who was cut for the wrong reasons. Now Danny and his dad are about to give all the castoffs a second chance and prove that you can't measure heart.
Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court, but no one has a bigger love of the game, or a better sense of how to hit the open player with the perfect pass. Then the local travel team—the same travel team Danny's dad, Richie Walker, led to the national championship on ESPN when he was a kid— cuts Danny because of his height. But Danny isn't about to give up on basketball. It turns out that he's not the only kid who was cut for the wrong reasons. Now Danny and his dad are about to give all the castoffs a second chance and prove that you can't measure heart.
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Iowa Teen Award
2008 · Young Adult · Nominee
Nevada Young Readers' Award
2008 · Intermediate · Nominee
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2008 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award
2008 · Middle Grades · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2006 · Children's · Nominee
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2005 · Grades 6-9 · Nominee
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2005 · Children's Book · Nominee
Texas Lone Star Reading List
2005 · Young Adult · Commended
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