Things are going great for Sara Thompson. She's doing well in
school, she loves the competitive soccer and basketball teams she's
on, and she has the three greatest friends in the world, Erika,
Paige and Brecken.
But then her dad tells her the family is moving to a new town
because his company has transferred him. Sara's world quickly falls
apart.
In her new hometown, Sara misses her old friends desperately. She
mopes around and spends most of her time alone in her bedroom. She
hates feeling lonely and wants to make new friends more than
anything in the world.
Her loneliness drives her to start hanging out with kids she has
nothing in common with. She knows it doesn't feel right - she wakes
up with a nervous stomach every morning - but she thinks it's
better than being friendless in a new town at a new school.
Things start to change for the better for Sara when her language
teacher begins to take a personal interest in her. Mr. Hoffman
shares his experience of having to move to a new town and go to a
new school when he was a kid. He talks with Sara about how his
decision to role play -- act like somebody he wasn't -- in order to
become part of a group made his situation worse. He stresses the
importance of being true to yourself with Sara. He also pushes her
to pursue her passion for sports and sets up a meeting for her with
a local girls basketball coach.
Sara begins to flourish with her new basketball team, the Greeley
Hoopsters. Her confidence soars to the point where she ends up
helping her best friend on the team, Shawna Jones, follow her heart
away from basketball and into the world of music - but not before
Shawna helps the Hoopsters win the state championship.
Sara's Big Challenge is a story about the importance of being true
to yourself and finding the courage to do it. It delivers a
critical message for budding teenagers who - on a daily basis -
must contend with the double whammy of peer pressure from the
outside and the incessant desire to belong from the inside.
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