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    Jake Maddox: Off the Bench
    Jake Maddox: Off the Bench
    Jake Maddox: Off the Bench
    Ebook57 pages18 minutes

    Jake Maddox: Off the Bench

    By Jake Maddox and Sean Tiffany

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    There are five guys on the Wildcats who always start, and forward Daniel Friedland isn't one of them. But when the star forward goes on vacation, Daniel gets his chance at the spotlight. It's his turn to shine. Daniel has worked hard at improving his free throws, but he's terrible at layups, and everybody knows it. He'll need to work hard if he wants to be a starting Wildcat.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateApr 1, 2014
    ISBN9781434299345
    Jake Maddox: Off the Bench
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    Jake Maddox

    Who is Jake Maddox? Athlete, author, world-traveler – or all three? He has surfed in Hawaii, scuba-dived in Australia, and climbed the mountains of Peru and Alaska. His books range from the most popular team sports to outdoor activities to survival adventures and even to auto racing. His exploits have inspired numerous writers to walk in his footsteps – literally! Each of his stories is stamped with teamwork, fair play, and a strong sense of self-worth and discipline. Always a team-player, Maddox realizes it takes more than one man (or woman) to create a book good enough for a young reader. He hopes the lessons learned on the court, field, or arena and the champion sprinter pace of his books can motivate kids to become better athletes and lifelong readers.

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      Jake Maddox - Jake Maddox

      Chapter 1

      MORNING PRACTICE

      Daniel Friedland looked down at his sneakers. He inched up until his toes were close to the foul line, painted in white on the blacktop. He held his basketball in front of him and spun it between his palms. When he took a deep breath, the air was cold and his nose stung.

      Slowly, he breathed out through his mouth. He looked at the basket through the cloud of vapor.

      Then he pulled back the ball and shot.

      Swish!

      Daniel let himself smile. After months of coming down to the public courts every morning to practice his foul shot, he rarely missed.

      Daniel pulled up the zipper of his hooded sweatshirt. It was still very cold this early in the morning. The bell to begin homeroom over at Westfield Middle School wouldn’t ring for another hour.

      He jogged over to the basket and grabbed the ball before it rolled onto the grass. Then he quickly walked back to the foul line.

      I think I’m as good as Dwayne Illy now, Daniel muttered to himself. At least from the foul line.

      Dwayne Illy was the starting small forward and the top scorer on the team. Most of his points, though, were from the foul line.

      Daniel lifted the ball to take another shot. If I’m ever going to start at small forward, he said to himself, I need to be better from the line than Dwayne.

      Daniel released the ball.

      Swish!

      He jogged to the basket and grabbed the ball as it dropped

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