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Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
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.
Author
Series
Mason Dixon volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourth-grader Mason struggles to enjoy playing basketball after his best friend persuades him to join a team, and learns that the dog-hating lady next door is not so bad after all.
4) Here to stay
Author
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.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 68
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Aldens investigate when the new coach of their community basketball league has her Most Valuable Player trophy stolen.
Author
Series
Millicent Min series volume 2
Language
English
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Formats
Description
After flunking sixth-grade English, basketball prodigy Stanford Wong must struggle to pass his summer-school class, keep his failure a secret from his friends, and satisfy his academically demanding father.
10) The Final Four
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
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.
11) Lizzy Legend
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Unhappy at not being allowed to play on the boys' basketball team, Lizzy Trudeau, thirteen, wishes to never miss another shot and soon finds herself playing in the NBA against her hero, the greatest player of all time.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
Language
English
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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...
16) Slam!
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
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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.
17) Foul trouble
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"College recruiters are clambering to sign up Terrell Jamerson, the #1 high school basketball player in the country. But not all of these recruiters are straight shooters, and Terrell will have to think fast if he wants to stay in the game"--
19) Team seven
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"A teen basketball player's promising career threatens to be derailed by the drugs and violence in his seedy neighborhood"--
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