In SECRETS OF THE TOAD -THE WIN, Jake is about to enter the playoffs bringing with him several questions. First, will he finally get his opportunity to pitch? Second, is there anything more important than playing ball? Third, will Jake step up to the plate when he witnesses bullying? Finally, should Jake go to visit Tobias by himself, or does he dare take his sister, Emma, a non-stop talker, with him?

Ah yes, Tobias, the one who seems to hold all the answers – and more.

In this latest addition to The Secrets of the Toad, we are once again taken into a world where the details of ordinary life sparkle, until life isn’t ordinary any more. We have brother-sister-mom-dad stuff, the tangles of friendship, the challenges of disappointment – and then there’s the unexpected, the beyond normal that changes everything. As Emma says, “It’s just so magical that there are no words.” Except to say, Patty Page gets a gold trophy for this one. Nancy Rue, author of over 100 books for kids