Three on Three
By Eric Walters
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But it's not as easy to convince Marcus to join their team. The older boy is often uneasy around them, but worse, Kia and Nick find themselves making enemies of some of the kids in the upper grade. Nick realizes it's going to take more than skill at basketball to win this tournament and make friends with Marcus without becoming targets for the older kids off the court.
Eric Walters
Eric Walters, a former elementary school teacher, is a bestselling children’s author in Canada. He is the founder of Creation of Hope, which provides care for orphans in the Makueni district of Kenya. His recent books include The Rule of Three series and Nothing to Fear.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Third graders, Nick and Kia are eager to sign up for the school's Three-on-Three basketball tournament. However, they have to play against the older grades. The grade 5 students have to even out the competition by being separated and placed on teams with younger kids. Nick and Kia are fortunate to have Marcus on their team, the best player in the school and they win the tournament but not without some trouble from other grade 5 players.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Third graders, Nick and Kia are eager to sign up for the school's Three-on-Three basketball tournament. However, they have to play against the older grades. The grade 5 students have to even out the competition by being separated and placed on teams with younger kids. Nick and Kia are fortunate to have Marcus on their team, the best player in the school and they win the tournament but not without some trouble from other grade 5 players.
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Three on Three - Eric Walters
Chapter 1
It’s in the Cards
Come on everybody, let’s get in and start working,
Mrs. Orr said, before ducking into the room.
Kids began hanging up their coats and backpacks and shuffling into the classroom.
Nick, have a look at this,
Kia said as she pulled something out of the pocket of her jacket.
Wow! It’s a Julius ‘The Jewel’ Johnson basketball card! Where did you get it?
I spent all my birthday money on cards last night,
Kia grinned.
All your money?
Every cent I had.
And your mother said you could?
I couldn’t believe it.
There was a pause. Well, she didn’t say yes,
Kia admitted, but she didn’t say no either.
I gave her a confused look. So what you’re saying is … ?
"She doesn’t exactly know I bought them. And she never will, unless she counts my cards and finds out I have two hundred and eighty-one instead of one hundred and ninety-two," she explained, pulling out a hand full of cards from her other pocket.
But if she does find out, she’ll kill you.
No she won’t. She said I couldn’t just waste my money. I had to save it for some-thing special.
Yeah … your point?
Can you think of anything more special than basketball cards?
I thought for a second. The only person I knew who liked b-ball more than Kia was me. You’re right, nothing is more special than basketball cards … especially a Julius ‘The Jewel’ Johnson card.
"Are you two waiting for a special invitation to come into class?’ Mrs. Orr asked in an annoyed voice.
Um … no …,
I stammered, realizing that aside from our teacher, Kia and I were the only two people left in the hall.
Hurry up!
she said and then she popped back into the class.
I took another look at the Julius Johnson card. It showed him driving for the basket, suspended in mid-flight. He was the greatest player around — my hero — the guy I always pretended to be when I was playing basketball. I tried to cross-over dribble the ball the way he did. I made sure I got his number on my basketball jersey. I left the back of my shirt un-tucked the way ‘The Jewel’ did. I even wanted to have my hair done exactly the same way he wore his — and I would have, if my mother didn’t think it was wrong for a ten-year-old to have his hair dyed green and blue.
Reluctantly I handed the card back to Kia. We hurried into the class just as the national anthem came crackling out of the P.A. I snapped to attention, my hands at my sides, my head held high, and sang out all the words.
Without even looking over, I knew Kia was standing the same way, and could hear her singing just as loud. Mrs. Orr often commented on how much respect we showed. She once even sent in a little slip of paper to the office and our names were read during the announcements as ‘Clark Boulevard Public School All-Stars’ for the way we stood so still and sang so strong.
What Mrs. Orr didn’t know was that, when the national anthem played, we pretended we were standing center court in front of seventeen thousand people, waiting for the game to start. After all, it was important for superstars like us to set a good example for our loyal fans. That was our shared fantasy. Me to be in the NBA, and Kia to be in the WNBA — the Women’s National Basketball Association. Kia was just about the best athlete in all of Grade Three. She was taller than all the boys, as strong as most of them, and could out-play them at just about any sport you could name.
The anthem ended and Kia and I gave each other a slight nod of the head. We went and joined the rest of the class sitting on the carpet. Kia sat at one side, with the rest of the girls, and I sat on the other, with the boys.
Sometimes it wasn’t easy for either of us to be friends. Kids were always making some joke or comment about us ‘liking’ each other. Of course we liked each other … but not that way. When we were in kindergarten, it was okay for girls and boys to hang out together, but with each passing year it was getting harder. So to make things a little bit easier, we agreed not to talk to each other while we were in class. After announcements, Mrs. Orr asked, Whose turn is it to lead the opening exercises?
It’s mine,
Tim said, rising to his feet. He shuffled through the bodies on the carpet until he got to the blackboard. He picked up the pointer and put the tip on our class motto.
"Positive people in Room Two