Another dual point of view book! Cami and Josie have been best friends forever, but Ethan comes between them. This affects not only their friendship (and their families since they've all been carpooling and friendly for years), but the basketball team they both play on. Both of them want the team MVP honor, since that person is going to get to play with Rebecca Lobo of the WNBA at an upcoming game, but they have to get their teamwork together and their heads on straight if either of them is going to have a real shot at this. Light and fun, but it also deals with jealousy and getting a friendship through a few rocky places. ( )

Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce for TeensReadToo.com

Josie and Cami are best friends, but they're both jealous of each other. It seems, to each of them, so easy for the other to get what she wants.

Josie wants Ethan Lancaster's attention. It's all she can think about. She loves basketball, but to her it's just a game. To Cami, however, it's serious, and she would kill to have Josie's talent on the court. Josie is just as jealous of Cami, though. No matter how much Josie crushes on Ethan, she always seems to be humiliating herself around him--he and Cami, however, seem to be interacting way more than he and Josie ever have.

LIFE, LOVE, AND THE PURSUIT OF FREE THROWS is a cute and fun book, though a little dull at times. The story is told in chapters where Josie and Cami take turns narrating--but their voices are often indistinguishable. Even though the characters have the same interests, one would expect them to be at least a little different from each other--but this is not the case throughout most of the book. Still, though, this is a fun read. ( )

Out of the three Janette Rallison books Ive read, this is my least favorite. The cheesey title is my first turn-off and because Im not a jock, and because I hardley ever fight with my friends, I didnt relate to the story too much. The ending was happy, though, so I cant really complain (much). ( )