Stephen Rossi Won’t Win Again

This is a sweet, no-spice, coming-of-age story. Perfect for teens who enjoy reading sweet romance, books about hope, and about families learning to overcome together.”…a wonderful, heartwarming story that will leave you feeling hopeful…” – Goodreads reviewNote to the reader: While the story weaves threads of friendship and first love into its coming-of-age narrative, it is primarily about a fourteen-year-old boy working through the stillborn death of his brother. If this is a real topic for you and your family, may you find hope as you read Stephen’s story.FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD STEPHEN ROSSI IS DONE.Winning used to be everything. But when tragedy strikes, Stephen walks away from it all. How do you move forward when your parents won’t even talk about what happened?As if things couldn’t get any more awkward, his best friend, Sam, comes up with a bet to drag him back in the game. It’s a bet that Stephen can’t pass up, and Sam knows it. Then there’s Allison, his new neighbor. She’s competitive and way too good at getting under his skin. At first, he wants nothing to do with her. But as their unexpected friendship grows, Stephen’s grief begins to shift into something else… hope.Can things get better? And if they don’t, what comes next?