Take Your Best Shot
Story Stats
Rating: 4
Grade Level: 4, 5
Page count: 8
Author
Jackie
Vivelo
Appeared in
A Trick of Light: Stories to Read at Dusk
Story Summary
When a soldier is wounded during the civil war, his mind floats between the present and a childhood marble tournament in which he was pitted against his best friend. A beautiful weaving of memories and reality with a wonderful and surprising ending.