ONE ON ONE
SYNOPSIS
All eleven-year-old Jared St. George can think about is making his school basketball team. What Jared refuses to think about is math, and the fact that he's failing it. Jared's only hope is peer tutoring from Ellie Brejovic, the weirdo classmate whom everyone shuns. To his surprise, Ellie makes math make sense. But when his mark improves, Jared would rather tell people he's been cheating than let the guys find out about her. Turns out that's the really big mistake, one that could cost Jared not just a spot on the team, but something far more valuable.
RECOGNITION
- Winner of the 2007 Canadian Authors Association Lilla Stirling Award
- Nominated for British Columbia's 2008 Stellar Book Award
- Nominated for Atlantic Canada's 2007 Hackmatack Award
- Nominated for Manitoba's 2007 Young Readers' Choice Award
- Nominated for Alberta's 2007 Rocky Mountain Book Award
- Received a starred selection in the Canadian Children's Book Centre's Our Choice Magazine