The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T. Best #1: Out of Bounds

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Author
Katherine Collette
Publisher
HarperCollins
Genre
Children’s Fiction
Released
04 September, 2024
ISBN
9781460765388

The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T. Best #1: Out of Bounds

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Synopsis

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 ...

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16 September 2024

3 Reasons Why You Should Read The Too Tall Tales of Alma T Best #1: Out of Bounds by Katherine Collette

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About the author

Katherine Collette

Katherine Collette is a writer and environmental engineer. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children. The Helpline is her first novel.

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