Team Players

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Cassie must learn that you cant fix someone else after a girl with Aspergers joins her softball team in the fourth and final book of the Home Team series from New York Times bestselling author and sports-writing legend Mike Lupica.

Cassie Bennett is great at being in charge. She always knows what to do to lead her teams to victory, keep her many groups of friends together, or fix any problem that comes her way. So when Sarah Milligan, an autistic girl with unreal softball skills, joins Cassies team, Cassies sure she can help her fit in with the team.

But before long its obvious that being around so many people is really hard for Sarah, and the more Cassie tries to reach out and involve her, the more Sarah pushes her away, sometimes literally. It doesnt help that Cassies teammates arent as interested in helping Sarah as they are in making sure they make it to the new softball All-Star Tournament thatll be televised just like the Little League World Series.

Soon no one besides Cassie seems to even want Sarah on the team anymore, and the harder Cassie tries to bring everyone together, the worse things seem to get. Cassie Bennett never backs down from a challenge, but can she realize that maybe the challenge isnt fixing a problem in someone else, but in herself Or will her stubbornness lead her to lose more than just softball games

Author Bio

Mike Lupica is the author of multiple bestselling books for young readers, including the Home Team series,QB 1,Heat,Travel Team,Million-Dollar Throw, andThe Underdogs. He has carved out a niche as the sporting worlds finest storyteller. Mike lives in Connecticut with his wife and their four children. When not writing novels, he writes forDaily News(New York) and is an award-winning sports commentator. You can visit Mike Lupica at MikeLupicaBooks.com.