parade.”
“What parade?”
“The giant celebration in my honor back in town.”
“Oh. That one.”
“Yeah. Zeke's arranging it, right?”
Zeke smiles. “Absolutely. Got it all planned. A giant parade-ulation on Main Street.”
“Can I be in it?” Dina asks.
“Of course,” Randy says. “You'll ride on the big float with me.”
They all laugh, but then things turn quiet. Randy scoots closer to Dina, and she leans her head on his shoulder. The drive back to Sturbridge will take about thirty-five minutes. Plenty of time to talk things out.
Zeke clears his throat and turns to face Randy. “You can handle this, right? You're ready?”
Randy thinks for a moment. He locks his eyes on Zeke's, and for the first time in his life, he sees something positive there. Support, maybe. Trust.
“Yeah, I'm ready,” Randy replies. “We all are.”
RICH WALLACE is the acclaimed author of
Wrestling Stur-bridge,
an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults;
Shots on Goal,
a
Booklist
Top 10 Youth Sports Book;
Playing Without the Ball,
an ALA Quick Pick;
Losing Is Not an Option;
and
One Good Punch,
an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. He grew up in a small town in northern New Jersey where competitive sports were a way of life. Since then he's worked as a sports-writer, a news editor, and a magazine editor. Rich Wallace lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two sons.
THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2009 by Rich Wallace
All rights reserved.
Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Visit us on the Web! www.randomhouse.com/teens
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wallace, Rich.
Perpetual check / Rich Wallace. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Brothers Zeke and Randy participate in an important chess tournament, playing against each other while also trying to deal with their father's intensely competitive tendencies.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89163-2
[1. Fathers and sons—Fiction. 2. Brothers—Fiction. 3. Chess—Fiction. 4. Competition (Psychology)—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.W15877Pe 2009
[Fic]—dc22
2008004159
v3.0
“What parade?”
“The giant celebration in my honor back in town.”
“Oh. That one.”
“Yeah. Zeke's arranging it, right?”
Zeke smiles. “Absolutely. Got it all planned. A giant parade-ulation on Main Street.”
“Can I be in it?” Dina asks.
“Of course,” Randy says. “You'll ride on the big float with me.”
They all laugh, but then things turn quiet. Randy scoots closer to Dina, and she leans her head on his shoulder. The drive back to Sturbridge will take about thirty-five minutes. Plenty of time to talk things out.
Zeke clears his throat and turns to face Randy. “You can handle this, right? You're ready?”
Randy thinks for a moment. He locks his eyes on Zeke's, and for the first time in his life, he sees something positive there. Support, maybe. Trust.
“Yeah, I'm ready,” Randy replies. “We all are.”
RICH WALLACE is the acclaimed author of
Wrestling Stur-bridge,
an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults;
Shots on Goal,
a
Booklist
Top 10 Youth Sports Book;
Playing Without the Ball,
an ALA Quick Pick;
Losing Is Not an Option;
and
One Good Punch,
an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. He grew up in a small town in northern New Jersey where competitive sports were a way of life. Since then he's worked as a sports-writer, a news editor, and a magazine editor. Rich Wallace lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two sons.
THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2009 by Rich Wallace
All rights reserved.
Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Visit us on the Web! www.randomhouse.com/teens
Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at
www.randomhouse.com/teachers
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wallace, Rich.
Perpetual check / Rich Wallace. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Brothers Zeke and Randy participate in an important chess tournament, playing against each other while also trying to deal with their father's intensely competitive tendencies.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89163-2
[1. Fathers and sons—Fiction. 2. Brothers—Fiction. 3. Chess—Fiction. 4. Competition (Psychology)—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.W15877Pe 2009
[Fic]—dc22
2008004159
v3.0
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