Comeback Kid by Mike Lupica is 166 pages long. It's a story about a kid named Billy and his brother Ben. Billy loves to play basketball aloung side his best friend Lenny. Ben is a skilled piano player. There is a kid named Zeke every body calls him "Zeke the Geek." Zeke hangs out with two twins called the"Ratner Twins" they are his partners in crime. Zeke is always trying to hurt Ben's hand so he can't play the piano. Billy hurts Zeke in school and gets suspended and misses a basketball game. Billys dad is his basketball couch. His mom and dad are divorsed. She has to go to Boston for a lawey's meating, and hires Peg to.

The main conflict is charahter vs self because Billy is always missing stuff and keeping stuff a secret. Billy is a good brother to Ben. Billy missed 3 quarters of his championship game. He goes to Ben's piano recital instead of going to his game. After Ben finished his part in the recital Billy, Peg, and Ben rushed to the game and they were down four points. There was 5 seconds left, it was a tie game and Billy had an open shot he took it and made it.