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2) Here to stay
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Young Adults
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults
Back to School, More Titles - Young Adult
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults
Back to School, More Titles - Young Adult
Description
When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi, photo-shopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit, but Bijan just wants to pretend the incident never happened and move on.
4) Hoop queen
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Series
Language
English
Description
Kylie Jean is usually good at everything she tries but learning to play basketball is really hard.
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Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
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English
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"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...
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Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Language
English
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ALA Black Lives Matter, Black Literature Matters - Comics Reading List 2022
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
National Poetry Month - Young Adults
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Black Authors of Young Adult Books
National Poetry Month - Young Adults
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Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 68
Language
English
Description
The Aldens investigate when the new coach of their community basketball league has her Most Valuable Player trophy stolen.
10) Rebound
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Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume Prequel
Language
English
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Description
In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
11) Win or lose
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Series
Language
English
Description
Wildcats center PJ Harris is the tallest player on the team, but he's horrible at free throws. When a game comes down to PJ's free throws making the difference between winning and losing, he freaks. Can he solve his problem in time to earn back the respect of his coach and teammakes, and himself?
12) Play makers
Author
Series
Game changers volume 2
Language
English
Description
Still living large off their incredible football championship win just weeks before, Ben McBain and his crew must now prepare for basketball season. Ben is known as the best point guard throughout the league. And now that Shawn O'Brien has joined their team, they are a shoo-in to win it all. But there is a new kid in town, Chase Braggs, a point guard like Ben who seems to be better, stronger, and faster. Refusing to let his team down, Ben hits the...
13) Remember us
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English
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"The summer before seventh grade, as the constant threat of housefires looms over her Brooklyn neighborhood, basketball-loving Sage is trying to figure out her place in her circle of friends, when a new kid named Freddy moves in"--
Author
Series
Here's Hank volume 10
Language
English
Description
Hank will need help from his father and friends if he is to help his second grade basketball team beat their arch rivals for the third year in a row.
15) Taking up space
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year old Sarah is used to being the star on her basketball team, playing with her best friends, but suddenly she finds that her body is changing and she does not understand why she cannot keep up on the court, plus she does not understand why her mother has gotten so weird about food, binging on candy while forgetting about dinner, and she really does not understand why she told Benny, her crush, about her mother--but when Benny offers to teach...
16) Point guard
Author
Series
Home team novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"It's basketball season for the home team but Gus must wrestle with prejudice when he's the only one bothered by Cassie joining the boys' team and his teammate Steve makes fun of Gus's Dominican heritage"--
17) Shot clock
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English
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After the death of his friend, Tony must work to make the basketball team, but when he gets the chance to join the squad as statistician, he must grapple with honoring the memory of his basketball-loving friend while also trying to fit in on the team.
18) Falling short
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Language
English
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Back to School - Tween
Día Booklist (Grades 3-5) 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
Día Booklist (Grades 3-5) 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
Description
Best friends Isaac and Marco face various challenges in sixth grade, such as Isaac getting better grades, Marco winning a spot on the basketball team, and both seeing their efforts make a change in their respective family lives. They hope their friendship and support for one another will be enough to help them from falling short.
19) We are family
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
When Jayden and his teammates find out there's not going to be a Hoop Group this year--and maybe ever again--they have to learn to lean on each other if they want to save their basketball season.
20) Dough Boys
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"For Deontae 'Simp' Wright, being a dough boy means freedom. It means money for rent, for food, for clothes. It means getting his family to a better place. With Rollie as his partner, being a dough boy means Simp has a future. For Roland 'Rollie' Matthews, being a dough boy means being stuck. It means putting everything (and everyone) he cares about at risk--basketball, family, and his upcoming band audition. But not being a dough boy means abandoning...
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