Patrick's Pals Sampler

by Robb Armstrong

In this hot new fictionalized series, real-life hoop stars Patrick Ewing Alonzo Mourning, and Dikembe Mutombo are 12-year-old kids growing up in the same neighborhood. Together they discover truths about the game of life with such wit and wisdom that readers will cheer them both on and off the court.When Patrick first meets Dikembe -- the new kid in town -- he's really pumped to have a new player on his team. He and Dikembe see eye to eye on just about everything -- and it's not just because they're both so tall

There's only one problem. Patrick's team, the Sky Walkers, say Dikembe just doesn't have the skills to run the drills. When they tell Dikembe to walk, Patrick has to will he dis his team ... or his new best friend?

Patrick, Dikembe, and Alonzo have a big game coming up against the Warriors -- the meanest, toughest, scariest team in Thompsonville Zo can't wait. He wants to destroy the other side, and he's got the slams to do it, too

But Zo ventures a little too far out of bounds this time. All the trash talk on court really brings Patrick down. Can he step up his game and get things under control before Zo and the others turn things into an all-out brawl?

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About the author

Robb Armstrong is an American cartoonist, best known for creating the comic strip Jump Start, as well some of his motivational speeches. He was on March 4, 1962 born in Philadelphia and now lives near the city in Conshohocken with his wife and two children. He graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.

On May 19, 2012, Robb Armstrong received an honorary “Doctor of Humane Letters”, Honoris causa degree from Holy Family University in Pennsylvania.