Rival

Marc Notes: A Capstone imprint.; Eighth-grader Carter Ramos resents his father, who divorced Carter's mother, and he views his younger half-brother Ben as a rival for a spot on the traveling skate team--but when Ben is bullied by some of the older boys Carter has to decide whether family is more important than skating.;008-011.; GRL: P. Publisher Marketing: Carter and his younger half-brother Ben have never been close, but now they have to compete for a star spot on the skate team. The tension rises, until Ben becomes the bullying target of some of the older boys on the skate team. Will Carter stand up for him? Contributor Bio:  Hoena, Blake A Blake A. Hoena grew up in central Wisconsin, where, in his youth, he wrote stories about robots conquering the Moon and trolls lumbering around in the woods behind his parent s house and the fact that the trolls were hunting for little boys had nothing to do with Blake s pesky younger brothers. Later, he moved to Minnesota to pursue a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Since graduating, Blake has written more than forty books for children, including retellings of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and the Perseus and Medusa myth. Most recently, he s working on graphic novels for Sports Illustrated Kids and writing stories about superheroes. Contributor Bio:  Cano, Fernando Fernando Cano is an emerging illustrator born in Mexico City, Mexico. He currently resides in Monterrey, Mexico, where he works as a full-time illustrator and coloristat Graphikslava studio. He has done illustration work for Marvel, DC Comics, and role-playing gameslike Pathfinder from Paizo Publishing. In his spare time, he enjoys hanging out with friends, singing, rowing, and drawing!