Long Shot

Long shot, by Mike Lupica, is 182 pages long. Long Shot is a story explaining a boys problems on and of the court. Pedro was a teammate to Ned Hancock. Not only is Ned the best basketball player in Vernon, but is also the smartest, and the most popular. Pedro and Ned were best friends until the student election in their elementary school came along. Pedro decides to run for president at the last moment against Ned.  Ned becomes mad at Pedro and starts to treat him unfairly.