Tommy enjoys being a starter on his high school basketball team, but he doesn't enjoy being compared to the father who had deserted the family when Tommy was very young
Mel Cebulash grew up in Union City, NJ where he developed his athletic skills in schoolyard games. Rather than pursue a career in sports, he chose to write about them. Many of his published works, both fiction and non-fiction, reflect his life-long fascination with sports and his special interest in writing for young people.