What’s the book about?
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 …
Recommended for:
Ages 9+.
Three reasons to read it:
- Collette’s writing style in The Too Tall Tales of Alma T Best #1: Out of Bounds is engaging and witty. This laugh-out-loud humor and charm brings Alma T. Best’s adventures to life in a way that is both entertaining and relatable.
- The story features Alma T Best, a distinctly memorable and quirky character. Alma’s adventures are depicted with a blend of humor and insight, allowing readers to connect with her personal growth and the challenges she faces like having to play basketball.
- The Too Tall Tales of Alma T Best #1: Out of Bounds is designed to appeal to a broad range of readers. Its relatable themes make it suitable for both younger readers and adults with a balance of fun, hilarious, and meaningful misfit tales starring the one and only Alma T Best, a character that’ll go down as a classic.
Buy a copy of The Too Tall Tales of Alma T Best #1: Out of Bounds here.
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.
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