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Out of Bounds (The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T. Best, #1)

By Katherine Collette
Series: The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T Best
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When you're 12 years old and 6 foot tall, people ask the most annoying questions. The #1 Most Annoying Question according to Alma T. Best is, 'Do you play basketball?' Uh, no. She hates basketball. Then Alma wins a scholarship to attend Holy Grace, a fancy,... Read More
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When you're 12 years old and 6 foot tall, people ask the most annoying questions. The #1 Most Annoying Question according to Alma T. Best is, 'Do you play basketball?'

Uh, no. She hates basketball.

Then Alma wins a scholarship to attend Holy Grace, a fancy, basketball-obsessed girls' school, and she worries about fitting in.

Rather than admit she lives in Shellsville, home to Holy Grace's biggest basketball rivals, she pretends to have grown up on a distant peach farm.

But when a twist of fate means Alma has to suddenly produce large quantities of peaches, she finds herself in a bit of a jam...

Out of Bounds (The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T. Best, #1) by Katherine Collette is a captivating story about navigating new environments and discovering one's true self amidst amusing and challenging circumstances.

Series: The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T Best

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  • Out of Bounds (The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T. Best, #1)
    When you're 12 years old and 6 foot tall, people ask the most annoying questions. The #1 Most Annoying Question according to Alma T. Best is, 'Do you play basketball?' Uh, no. She hates basketball. Then Alma wins a scholarship to attend Holy Grace, a fancy, basketball-obsessed girls' school, and she worries about fitting in. Rather than admit she lives...
    By Katherine Collette
    Paperback
    $1999
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781460765388

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 September 2024

Country: Australia

Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 256g

Pages: 336

Collections

Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Katherine Collette Series: The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T Best Young Adult

About the Author

Katherine Collette is the author of two novels for adults, The Helpline and The Competition. The Helpline was published in Australia, the UK, the US, Italy and Germany and long listed for the Indie Book award for debut fiction. Katherine co-hosts popular writing podcast The First Time and its recent spin-off The Next Step. She coaches writers and authors on writing and publishing, and her cartoons have appeared in Griffith Review. The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T. Best are her first middle-grade books.

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