Brian Gotta

Below is an excerpt from you grade school-age novel, The Unbelievable Point Guard, available on Amazon.

The test was really hard, and Clifton immediately knew he should have studied more. How could I have studied? He wondered. I have basketball and all my other classes. It’s not fair. It was so difficult to concentrate. Out of the corner of his eye he could see that Erin was almost done with the first page of the test. Clifton hadn’t gotten farther than writing “Number 2” instead of his name at the top. Oh, how great it would be to know what was on her paper and be able to somehow, magically, transfer it all over to his sheet. But he didn’t dare look. If he did, he believed Erin would tell. Even if she didn’t tell, if Coach Watson saw him looking it would be the worst thing in the world to happen. But in addition to all that, Clifton believed cheating was wrong. There was nothing worse than playing on the playground with someone who always called a foul whenever he missed a shot. Or who said he wasn’t out of bounds when clearly, he was. Clifton hated cheaters in basketball. But would cheating in Algebra really be as bad as cheating in basketball? He was so desperate he began to let crazy thoughts go through his mind.