Author’s Note: Winning isn’t everything. It’s what you learn along the way that makes us better as athletes and as people. When you lose you learn from those mistakes and get better for the next time.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have your parents in the process of splitting up and being the one to lead your team to the World Series? Best of the Best by Tim Green describes in detail what it would be like to lead your team to the little league World Series, keep your dad from losing his money in a scam and learning that your parents are in the process of splitting up. This is what Josh Le Blanc faces.
The main character Josh stays strong throughout the novel. With help from his two close friend’s life is a lot easier for Josh as he leads them to the World Series and manages his parents. From another book I have read called, Million Dollar Throw, the author makes a character about Josh’s age they go through similar trials and they each have a friend to help them through challenges so it becomes a little easier.
I can relate to this book because my baseball team came really close to winning the championship for baseball and I felt disappointed just like Josh did when we didn’t win. However we had a lot of fun, I met new friends, learned that you have to play as a team and made a lot of great memories. Sometimes that’s better than winning a championship.
The book ended differently than I expected. I thought they were going to win the World Series and Joshes parents would get back together. However they lost the championship game and Joshes parents didn’t end back together. It was more like a real situation that happens more often in life. We still learn from it and it makes us better.
