Book Review

 Arthur Ashe and Me

by Allen B. Boyer
Publisher: Perfection Learning Corporation
ISBN: 0756909732                                   Review by Molly Brown

 I read this book I got from a friend.  It's called Arthur Ashe and Me and it was pretty good. 
It's about this girl Faith, and she's like a really good tennis player.  Then she decides to stop
playing tennis and nobody knows why.  Her parents are divorced, so she goes to live with her
dad for the summer and he gets her a job at this old tennis club.   Every day she has to go and
sweep these clay courts to get them ready for the next day.  I don't know why she has to do it
but that doesn't matter.  One day she's at the club she meets the ghost of tennis-legend Arthur
Ashe.  Every time she sees him, he gets her to tell some more things about her secret for why
she stopped playing tennis.  I can't give away the ending, but the secret is a real surprise and
I just loved the story.  I asked my friend how she got her copy and she said her teacher ordered
copies from a place called Perfection Learning.  I would recommend it for those who like a good mystery.
Ashe's advice about not ignoring your gifts and the places they can take you will have relevance
for most teens.

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