BOOK LAUNCH: The Rebound by Fiona Harris

The Little Bookroom is thrilled to be hosting the launch of Fiona Harris's latest book, The Rebound!

Author Nelly Thomas will host a Q&A with Fiona, come along to listen to them discuss boys, sport, resilience, friendship and overcoming adversity.

Pre-order your copy HERE.

About the Book:

'Hoop wizard' Harry is relegated to his school's worst basketball team when he misses tryouts, but his new team has some surprises for him in this triumph-over-adversity story. Perfect for sports-mad kids and readers of series such as Patty Mills' Game Day.

After missing his eagerly awaited trial to play for the Under Sixteens Firsts, fourteen-year-old Harry Portelli has no choice but to play with the worst training team in the school.

The Redbacks are a mess. They can't pass. They can't shoot. They can't win.

This is not the future either Harry or his dad imagined. Harry has to dig deep to work out what basketball means to him and, with the help of surprising new friendships, he rediscovers his love for the sport as the Redbacks start to play like a team.

And then the school arranges a derby, the Redbacks against the Firsts, and Harry's heart sinks – the Redbacks are bound to be destroyed. But is winning all that matters? Harry learns that sometimes the sweetest shot is the one you get on the rebound.

A fast-paced feel-good story guaranteed to capture the imagination of readers of all levels by the bestselling author of Liz Watson's Diary of a Netball Star and Sam Kerr's Kicking Goals.

Perfect for:
- Readers 10+ who love uplifting stories about sport and overcoming the odds
- Kids who loved reading series fiction like Patty Mills' Game Day and Sam Kerr's Kicking Goals and are ready for the next level
- Parents, teachers and librarians seeking shorter fast-paced books that appeal to less confident readers

About the Author:

Fiona Harris is an award-winning author, scriptwriter, and actor with over twenty years of experience across publishing, television and theatre. Over the past thirteen years, she has penned forty-seven books, including two adult fiction novels The Drop-off and The Pick-up; the middle grade fiction novel, The Embarrassing Confessions of Gracie Sparks; five books and two graphic novels in the Sleepover BFFs junior fiction series; Holocaust survivor Abram Goldberg's memoir, The Strength of Hope; five books in Liz Watson's junior fiction series, Diary of a Netball Star; three books in the Trollsseries for Dreamworks; six books in Sam Kerr's junior fiction series, Kicking Goals, and two picture books for footballer Marcus Bontempelli. She also co-authored the children's book series The Super Moopers with Sally Rippin, and wrote four books in the Miraculous series, based on the animated kids TV series.