"Toni isn't Coach Wise's favorite player on Team Blacktop. Honestly, she's not even in his top five. And if she's being real, her own teammates keep siding with him during practice. But this isn't the first time she's been on her own, and it won't be the last. If you can't count on yourself, who can you count on?"--Page 4 of cover.

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Adela, a very shy woman, walks around with her head in her purse. When her tears give life to a garden inside her purse, she is given a new confidence in herself.

Jimmy learns he has good musical abilities when he pursues his Grandfather's spoon playing instead of the drums. Through his spooning, he builds self confidence which leads him from the school's talent show to helping to find his lost sister and moving to a new neighborhood and school.