“Sergeant Brown looked betrayed. I felt like I had let him down. And now I had an even bigger problem. I wondered if he was going to call Judge Kelly and recommend that he send me back to juvie.”

This book is about a teenage boy named Kevin who got in trouble because he was the getaway driver in a robbery and he went to jail and was wondering if he could get on the right foot of trust with his teammates, coach, and everyone else. The conflict of the book is, at the beginning of the story Kevin commits a crime, but it isn’t his fault and then he goes to juvie after a while he gets out but people still judge him as a bad person so he struggles on the field.

The three main characters in this book are Sergeant Brown, Kevin, the main character, and Coach Hill. Sergeant Brown was the character who watched over Kevin when he was in trouble and out of jail and playing soccer. Kevin is the main character in this story. He got in trouble by association and went to jail and he played soccer. Coach Hill was the coach of Kevin's soccer team and he was very stern, especially towards Kevin after he got out of jail.

The theme of this story is don’t get in trouble even by association. While Kevin was not robbing he was the getaway driver for the robbery and that is what got him in trouble. And it developed a sense of mistrust between his coach and him for a while.

I recommend this novel because it is about sports and real life that can happen in real life.
Although it may seem confusing at first it all pieces up as the story goes on, so if you like crime sports, and real-life situations I would recommend this book for you.

I love that this is a collaboration between a teen and a world-class author. The themes are good -- soccer, mentorship, dealing with situations where you screw up. The plot was a little bit meandering, but the play by play of games felt like an excellent hook for soccer fans and the realistic need for trust building resonated for me.
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Well, what a dream come true for a teen, to collaborate with your favorite author! Perhaps I read too fast through this and should revisit it to be fair, but it seemed disjointed at times and not because of the alternating voices. However, the idea of kids getting into serious trouble as a result of trying to do something, and attempting to cover their tracks, rings true as the kind of thing teens would do. ( )

Good story with soccer action about a boy who gets into trouble with the law when he tries to help a friend. Written by Myers and a teen! ( )

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Walter Dean Myers co-authors this novel with teenage author Ross Workman to tell two sides of the same story. Ross Workman writes from Kevin’s point of view. Kevin is an accomplished soccer player, now struggling with problems with the law. Myers writes from the point of view of Sergeant Brown, who has taken a special interest in Kevin, since he’s the son of a police officer killed in the line of duty. This is a unique collaboration of authors.