
Game Changers
A Benchwarmers Novel
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John Feinstein
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Trouble is about to tip off for Jeff and Andi’s sixth-grade basketball teams in Game Changers, a stand-alone second audiobook in the middle-grade Benchwarmers series by number-one New York Times best-selling sportswriter John Feinstein.
From a new coach’s flagrant racism to a teammate’s endless sabotage, best friends Andi Carillo and Jeff Michaels start basketball season mired in controversy. To make matters worse, the local media smells more than one juicy story. Will Andi and Jeff be able to help each other power through and find a way to put both their teams back on track?
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Critic reviews
"Feinstein’s game descriptions are tight and exciting... At the end the drama moves from basketball court to food court ... and even to the courtroom ... Both young jocks show that when the pressure is on, they’ve got game in life as well as hoops." (Kirkus Reviews)
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- megan mickow
- 05-29-24
How rude and disrespectful mrs, Josephson
I play basketball and feel like this book kinda relates to me such a good book 🏀❤️.
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- jlaattwood
- 07-14-22
Awesome!
I am not the biggest basketball fan but this book was so good! 💙 🏀
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