Reject Rebound



Syah Walker wants to show the school counselor at Emdaria North Middle School that she can handle more difficult counseling cases. However, Syah gets a harder case than she expects in seventh-grader Nali. Nali takes rejection hard after being cut from her beloved magnoball team. Losing the sport, and her best friend, is like losing part of herself. When Syah enters Nali's mindscape, she finds it flooded with Nali's feelings of betrayal and grief, as well as monstrous mental constructs that pursue the girls without mercy. As they battle the monsters together, Syah realizes that Nali's athletic skills might translate to a new sporting interest and a new sense of her true self. It isn't exactly magnoball, but the new sport helps her learn to move on, make new friends, and maybe reconnect with some old friends as well. This exciting adventure will capture readers' imaginations and keep them turning the page to follow Syah's latest journey inside the mind. See a video interview with the author and discover more titles in the series when you scan the book with the free Capstone 4D augmented reading app.


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Resources for Dealing with Rejection

During the course of writing this book, I researched the difficult topic of kids being cut from sports teams and the psychology of rejection in general a great deal. Below I have shared some resources that may be helpful for dealing with similar types of rejection.

For Kids

For Parents

General Resources