All Star

Jesse Lonergan It's the end of the school year in 1998. Mark McGwire is racing Sammy Sosa to break the home run record, Bill Clinton is being questioned about a White House intern named Monica Lewinsky, Semisonic's Closing Time is on top of the charts, and Carl Carter is leading the Elizabeth Monarchs of rural Vermont to the state championship in his senior year. A full scholarship to the University of Maine is waiting for him, and everyone says he has a shot at the pros. He’s so good he can do whatever he wants.Until he makes one very arrogant mistake.Nominated for the Firecracker AwardsA YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Assoc.)Great Graphic Novel for Teens 2015Recommended by Unshelved."Recommended!"-Library Media Connection"The art is fantastic and the story a thing of beauty."-The Outhousers"This is a wonderfully well-rounded, character-driven story about fairness and self-interest. Lonergan’s black inking and colorless illustrations seem simple but are packed with raw emotion th