Hotshot

by Alfred Slote

A young boy realizes that a good player is not always the one who scores but the one who helps the team win.

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Alfred Slote (born September 11, 1926) is a children's author known for his numerous sports and space novels. His writing has been described as "making space travel seem as ordinary as piling in the family wagon for a jaunt to McDonald's". Slote's 1991 novel Finding Buck McHenry was adapted into a 2000 television film. He currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan.