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Seventh grader Hudson desperately wants to make the basketball team, but can he control his asthma during tryouts? Meanwhile, Hudson also worries that his uncle Vic is a criminal; he's confused about his feelings for Willow Flores; and he starts looking into the father he knows nothing about. Ridge juggles these matters with humor and just enough suspense in this realistic middle-school novel.