Hazards of the Half-Court Press

By Stephen Bly

It was the world's fastest summer. A summer of basketball. A summer of growing up. A summer of becoming best friends. School starts in a few days, but first comes the basketball league championship. The Lewis and Clark Squad is in the semifinals. They think their toughest challenge is to beat the other team. Instead, their about to face their greatest adventures off the court. Cody Clark suspects trouble when nobody shows up for practice. Larry Bird Lewis miss a practice? Something big must have happened. With a little detective work Cody learns Feather is in another city and Jeremiah is on his way to Colorado. That leaves only Larry and Cody to play in the semifinals. With a few creative plays and little help from a friend, they might be able to win their game...if they can get past that wild, basketball hungry boar!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bly Books
• Release date: Apr 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311067036

Stephen Bly

Stephen Bly (1944-2011) authored and co-authored with his wife, Janet Chester Bly, more than 100 books, both historical and contemporary fiction and nonfiction. He won the Christy Award in the category western novel for The Long Trail Home, from The Fortunes of the Black Hills Series. Other novels were Christy Award finalists: The Outlaw's Twin Sister, Picture Rock, and Last of the Texas Camp. His last novel, Stuart Brannon's Final Shot, finished with the help of his widow, Janet Chester Bly, and three sons--Russell, Michael, and Aaron--was a SELAH Award finalist. She just completed her first solo adult Indie novel, Wind in the Wires, Book 1, Trails of Reba Cahill.

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