Team Park
Tundra · Paperback · October 14, 2025
Evan Park has always faced obstacles in getting his father's approval, but an actual obstacle race has some surprising results.
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- Who it’s for
- Middle-grade readers interested in family relationships and sports competitions
- Themes
- Seeking a parent's approval, Finding one's own interests, Family teamwork
- Genres
- Sports Stories, Sibling Stories, US: Asian American Stories
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Evan Park has always faced obstacles in getting his father's approval, but an actual obstacle race has some surprising results. An exciting middle-grade novel from the author of the critically acclaimed Peter Lee's Notes from the Field. Unlike his dad, Evan Park does not like team sports — no matter how hard he tries. And when an accident causes Evan to break his wrist, he is determined that once he heals, he'll work on finding his thing. Alone.
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Inspired by his athletic physiotherapist, Evan decides to compete in an upcoming Dominator Ninja: Junior Edition competition. It will be part rehab, part fun. If he trains hard enough, he'll finally have something to put on his empty shelf in the family trophy cabinet. Maybe that would make his dad proud of him for once. But klutzy Evan strikes again, reinjuring his wrist. There's no way he can compete in Dominator Ninja now — he can't even hold chopsticks. When his sister encourages him to look beyond a solo competition, they discover a local family race that is more about the experience than the results. Can Evan shift his perspective to rally the whole family to do this event . . . together?
Where it sits
| Sports Stories | 80% |
|---|---|
| Sibling Stories | 59% |
| US: Asian American Stories | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US: Asian American Stories
- Sibling Stories
- Games
- Authors
- Angela Ahn
- Publisher
- Tundra
- Published
- October 14, 2025
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Seeking a parent's approval · Finding one's own interests · Family teamwork
- Reading lane
- US: Asian American Stories