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Summary: For the very first time in his decades-long career writing for teens, acclaimed and beloved author Walter Dean Myers writes with a teen, Ross Workman.Kevin Johnson is thirteen years old. And heading for juvie. He's a good kid, a great friend, and a star striker for his Highland, New Jersey, soccer team. His team is competing for the State Cup, and he wants to prove he has more than just star-player potential. Kevin's never been in any serious trouble . . . until the night he ends up in jail. Enter Sergeant Brown, a cop assigned to be Kevin's mentor. If Kevin and Brown can learn to trust each other, they might be able to turn things around before it's too late.

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  • ISBN: 9780062069573 (electronic bk)
  • Physical Description: remote
    electronic resource
    electronic
  • Publisher: 2011.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Grade 7 - Grade 12
MG+/Upper middle grades (6th-12th)
4.7 ATOS Level
Reproduction Note:
Electronic reproduction. New York : HarperTeen, 2011. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 343 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB).
Genre: Electronic books.

Electronic resources


  • Baker & Taylor
    Told in their separate voices, thirteen-year-old soccer star Kevin and police sergeant Brown, who knew his father, try to keep Kevin out of juvenile hall after he is arrested on very serious charges.
  • Health Communications, Inc.

    For the very first time in his decades-long career writing for teens, acclaimed and beloved author Walter Dean Myers writes with a teen, Ross Workman.

    Kevin Johnson is thirteen years old. And heading for juvie. He's a good kid, a great friend, and a star striker for his Highland, New Jersey, soccer team. His team is competing for the State Cup, and he wants to prove he has more than just star-player potential. Kevin's never been in any serious trouble . . . until the night he ends up in jail. Enter Sergeant Brown, a cop assigned to be Kevin's mentor. If Kevin and Brown can learn to trust each other, they might be able to turn things around before it's too late.


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