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Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look...
62) Ball don't lie
Author
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Sticky lives for basketball and plays at school and at the Lincoln Rec Center in Los Angeles but he is unaware of the many dangers--including his own past--that threaten his dream of playing professionally.
63) I got next
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young basketball player receives inspiration from a surprising place and joins the competition ready to try his best"--
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
149 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend was murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened.
Author
Series
Hoops (Donne) volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 149 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Elle begins to volunteer two days a week working with children with special needs, she has trouble juggling her new passion, basketball obligations, and schoolwork.
68) Boost
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Savvy's dreams of starting for her elite basketball team are in danger when she is accused of taking steroids.
69) Chlorine sky
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Picked on at home, criticized for talking trash while beating boys at basketball, and always seen as less than her best friend, a girl struggles to like and accept herself.
70) Slam dunk
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a new school year starts, and thirteen-year-old basketball star Julian feels a lot of pressure as he realizes he is the only remaining player from last year's winning team, a friend's health crisis helps him regain perspective.
71) No slam dunk
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In Annapolis, Maryland, seventh-grader Wes is a good teammate but this basketball season has been challenging because of his ball hog teammate Dinero, who is determined to steal the spotlight, and Wes's army veteran father who is suffering from PTSD.
72) Ghost most foul
Author
Publisher
Coteau Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
186 pages : portrait ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Summer has just been made captain of her basketball team when her coach is lost in a plane crash ... Unsurprisingly, it becomes the team's worst season ever. If the ghost [of Coach Nola] is trying to help, Summer's failing her miserably. Running out of ideas and facing blocks at every play, can Summer turn her team around?"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
92 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1974, after Julie's parents divorce, she moves to a new San Francisco neighborhood where the school does not have a girls' basketball team, so she fights for the right to play on the boys' team.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
New to Cincinnati, where her father is now coach of the University basketball team, eighth-grader Aurora (called Rory) finds herself isolated by the heated team rivalries--especially when it turns out her new friend Abby's father has a mysterious feud with Rory's father that threatens her new friendship.
75) Hoop girlz
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
162 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old River, who is crazy about basketball, is not chosen to play in the tournament set up in the town of Azalea, Oregon, she decides to organize a team of her own and accepts the help of her older brother.
76) The Final Four
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Four players at the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament struggle with the pressures of tournament play and the expectations of society at large.
78) Slam!
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.
79) STAT: Home court
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
134 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Between sports, school, and working for his father, eleven-year-old Amar'e's life is full and he is not yet ready to concentrate on basketball--but when a group of older boys start hogging the local basketball court he knows that he has to do something to help his friends.
80) Dough boys
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, thirteen-year-old best friends Simp and Rollie play on a basketball team in their housing project, but Rollie dreams of being a drummer and Simp, to impress the gang leader, Coach Tez.
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