To the Buzzer
- Children & Youth
- Fiction
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2020
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Publisher's Description
Fourteen-year-old Levi loves to play basketball with his best friend, Mike Mulaney. But as Mike grows seven feet tall and dominates middle school competition, Levi realizes he might be left behind. The tension builds as Mike's home life suffers, and his family encounters racism. As the middle school season ends and Mike is asked to join varsity's run at a state title, Levi feels his friend slipping away. Can he learn to balance friendship with these big changes? And when the worst news imaginable hits, can Levi live for more than the game?
Endorsements (1)
“Levi moves like a bobcat. And even though fouling out looms over him, he wins big because of Mike, the Seton Lions’ seven-foot sweetheart, who plays basketball like an art until a deadly dunk changes their lives forever. Brian Tucker’s To the Buzzer is a subtle yet impactful book of narrative poetry, celebrating youthful, diverse friendship. As an English teacher, I cannot wait to give Tucker’s gift of verse to my students.”
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