The Tiger's Grip

THE TIGER'S GRIP is a high-stakes Middle Grade novel about Sammy Miller, a twelve-year-old golf hopeful who discovers a magical relic that gives him the world's most perfect swing, forcing him to choose between saving his family from financial ruin with a lie and achieving true, honest success. Sammy's life is defined by the terrifying responsibility of his private school tuition. As a mediocre golfer, the PAST DUE Atherton Academy invoice feels like a crushing physical weight. Everything changes when he finds his late grandfather's worn golf glove-the Tiger's Grip. Slipping it on, he's flooded with intense warmth and confidence, instantly turning his frustrated shank into flawless drives and professional-grade precision. The magic is a solution to the tuition crisis, but it comes at the cost of his authenticity. With the help of his two loyal co-conspirators, Chloe and Josh, Sammy enters the world of competitive golf, going from zero to hero overnight. His stunning, manufactured success earns him an unprecedented exemption to the professional PGA Tour Phoenix Open, taking his local fraud to a global stage. Now competing against world number one Scottie Scheffler, Sammy must protect his secret from his jealous, methodically suspicious rival, Blake Sterling. In the sudden-death playoff of the biggest tournament of his life, the glove is stolen, leaving Sammy bare-handed. He must choose: rely on the recovered magic and the lie, or take the final swing alone, risking everything to find out if the glove ever taught him how to fly on his own.