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Book Review By Clair
Arthur Ashe and Me by Allen Boyer

Faith is a champion tennis player who suddenly stops playing the game she loves. Her reasons for qutting remain a secret that she takes with her to an old tennis club where she agrees to work with her father. The tennis club is located in the country next to an old farm. It is here that she meets the ghost of Arthur Ashe. Every time they meet, they talk and her secret reasons for quitting tennis are revealed. In the end, a good read about how tragic events can affect children, and lead them to make choices that don't make sense to parents.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - very sensitive (sigh)
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kind of sport:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Sports Story? Yes
Age group of kid(s) in story: - grade school
Something wrong upstairs/downstairs? - searching for identity/meaning
Parents/lack of parents problem?

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - none
Age: - long-lived adults
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()
United States Yes
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - farm
Small town? Yes

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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