Determined in her effort to play basketball, a young African American girl gives it one more shot with the support of a special friend.

Everyone else in Kylie Jean Carter's family loves basketball, but she is no good at it, having a hard time dribbling and shooting baskets. She must find a way to win the Free Throw Tournament and become the Little Dribbler Queen.

"A rhyming picture book about Ina who is a graceful ballerina who also loves to get competitive on the basketball court"--

Deontae "Simp" Wright has big plans for his future. Plans that involve basketball, his best friend, Rollie, and making enough money to get his mom and four younger brothers out of the Cove, their low-income housing project. Long term, this means the NBA. Short term, it means being a dough boy-getting paid to play lookout and eventually moving up the rungs of the neighborhood drug operation with Rollie as his partner. Roland "Rollie" Matthews used...

A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl.

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.

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.

Derrick "D-Bow" Bowman thought sophomore year would be easier, but his girlfriend Jasmine leaves him for putting too much focus on basketball, the jump shot he worked on all summer is not working, and his father has a heart attack, forcing Derrick to accept that basketball cannot be his only priority.

"Gregory sue�na con convertirse en una estrella del b�asquetbol, con salir en la televisi�on y disfrutar de los aplausos del p�ublico por haber ganado todos los partidos por s�i mismo. Sin embargo, cuando se inscribe en un equipo juvenil local, Gregory entiende r�apidamente lo que significa jugar un deporte de equipo. No puedes ganarlo todo solo. �Necesitas a tus compa�neros!"-- Gregory joins the Rec Center youth basketball team,...

"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"--