Love and tennis

by Alfred Slote

A 15-year-old tennis player's experiences in the world of competitive sports help him come to terms with his parents' divorce, his first romance, and his own ambition.

163 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Alfred Slote (born September 11, 1926) is a children's author known for his numerous sports and space novels. His writing has been described as "making space travel seem as ordinary as piling in the family wagon for a jaunt to McDonald's". Slote's 1991 novel Finding Buck McHenry was adapted into a 2000 television film. He currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Reviews

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finally got around to reading a discarded library book that I have had for years, which I picked up because of the title. The author does a very good job of getting inside a young boy's head and showing how the world of competitive tennis helps him come to terms with life. While reading the book I also happened upon this quote in July's Inside Tennis Magazine about one of my favorite male players, "Nick Bolletiere once said of his former pupil Andre Agassi, 'When I had Andre, my main job was to keep him out of jail.'"

A boy who likes baseball or science fiction might enjoy reading one of Slote's other books.