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Wallace, Rich.
LOSING IS NOT AN OPTION : STORIES
New York : Random, 2003.
IL YA
ISBN 0375913513
We first meet Ron as a sixth grader sneaking into a football game with his friend Gene.  Ron loves sports -- both watching and playing.  We follow Ron through his middle school years and all the way through high school.  Ron is not just a competitor.  He is also an astute observer.  He watches his opponents and learns from them.  From the boys on the basketball court to the runners in the state meets.  Ron invites us into his world and we see a child growing into manhood.
SUBJECTS:     Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
                        Sports -- Fiction.
                        Family life -- Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
                        Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
                        Short stories.

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