Feeling bad about last year's Field Day, in which her slow running cost the relay team a victory, Nancy, who enjoys using fancy words, finds herself facing another Field Day and another relay race with a mean classmate.
Kyle fakes a catch that leads his baseball team to a league championship, but he does not feel good about winning by cheating and must make a difficult decision to tell the truth. Includes an account of the sportsmanship of Christy Mathewson, a pitcher who played professional baseball in the early 1900s.
"Elliot is the new quarterback for the Baytown Blobfish. And the only girl on the team! Her parents are worried but she's not. When an older teammate gives her a hard time, Elliot must decide how to handle it. Will she make the right choice?"--Back cover.