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Elish, Dan

Born Too Short: The Confessions of an Eighth-Grade Basket Case

152 pp. | Atheneum/Jackson | March, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-689-84386-0 $$16.00
(4) YA Five-foot-one Matt Greene becomes increasingly jealous of his best friend Keith, a school basketball star who always has a girlfriend--and is significantly taller than Matt. When Matt wishes aloud that Keith would suffer some bad luck, the two friends experience a (maybe) coincidental reversal of fortunes. The facile prose is overly slick, but the humorous story features solid characterizations and an authentic New York City setting.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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