Easton is an 11-year-old hockey sensation, but he's struggled with the sudden success of fellow winger and best friend Shawn. Now, it's the last shift in triple-overtime at the state championship, and the team has one play to avoid a shootout. The coach's play has Easton taking the shot, but sometimes you have to think on your skates after the puck hits the ice. Will Easton go for his own glory, or will he swallow his pride and do what's best for his team, and his friend? In the Clutch hooks readers with a do-or-die moment from little league sports, then rewinds to show how the books' young athletes found themselves needing to perform under pressure.
When Michelle L. Brown isn't writing or directing plays, she enjoys writing books and magazine stories. But her favorite activity is cheering on the "home team," which includes her husband Bob, their twelve kids, two bettas, a Great Pyrenees, and a parrot.