Ten thousand tries /
10,000 tries
Amy Makechnie.
- 1st Atheneum Bks. for Young Readers pbk. ed.
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2022. �2021
- 375 p. ; 22 cm.
Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2022 Booklist starred, June 2021 Kirkus Starred, June 2021 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July 2021 Publishers Weekly Annex, July 2021
Twelve-year-old Golden Maroni starts eighth grade determined to be master of his universe, but learns he cannot control everything on the soccer field, in his friendships, and especially in facing his father's incurable disease.