Crank (Crank 1)

like Mark McGwire’s.

I Play Football, Too

Kind of a tribute to Dad.

But, while I’m an okay

safety, my real talent

is at the bat. I’ll use

it to get into Stanford.

The school’s got a great

program. But even if

it didn’t, it would be

at the top of my university

wish list because Cara will

go there, I’m sure. She says

it isn’t a lock, but that’s bull.

Her parents are both alumni,

and her father has plenty of

pull. Money. And connections.

Uncle Jeff has connections, too,

and there will be Stanford

scouts at some random (or

maybe not so) game. I have

to play brilliantly every time.

Andre Marcus Kane III

Bomb

Give most girls a way

to describe me, that’s what

they’d say—that Andre

Marcus Kane the third is

bomb.

I struggle daily to maintain