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Author
Series
Athlete vs. mathlete series volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Owen wins the last spot at the local basketball camp, leaving his twin Russ to join the "Multi-Sport Sampler" camp, but while Russ is inspired to study various sports and make sense of them, Owen is frustrated by not being the star.
Author
Series
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Fourth grader Zayd Saleem has some serious hoop dreams. He's not just going to be a professional basketball player. He's going to be a star. A legend. The first Pakistani-American kid to make it to the NBA. He knows this deep in his soul. It's his destiny. There are only a few small things in his way. For starters, Zayd's only on the D-team. (D stands for developmental, but to Zayd it's always felt like a bad grade or something.) Not to mention,...
Author
Series
Millicent Min series volume 2
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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 satisy his academically demanding father.
Author
Series
Pippa Park volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the "Rules of Cool." At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform academically and athletically...
Author
Series
Mason Dixon volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Zayd has a plan. He's ready to take the reins as team captain of the Gold Team. But when an injury leaves him on the sidelines, his plans get derailed. Can Zayd learn what it means to be a leader if he's not the one calling the shots? -- from Amazon.
68) Justin
Author
Series
Blacktop books volume 1
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Fifteen-year-old Justin keeps a list of goals stashed under his mattress. Number 1 is "figure out life plans." Number 5 is "earn Zen Master rating in WoW." Number 7 is "play a little basketball every day." Nowhere on that list is "take on the crew from Ghosttown," but that's the type of trouble that always seems to finds him, and he's not the type to back down from a challenge.
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 9
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes, the shortest kid in class and still chosen last at recess, hones his basketball skills with Mr. Havens and earns the respect of his third-grade classmates.
71) No Name
Author
Series
Publisher
7th Generation
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
When his mother leaves, sixteen-year-old Bobby, a Choctaw, begins living in a hole in his backyard to avoid his abusive father, and is surprised to find friends and neighbors willing to help him. Inspired by the traditional Choctaw story.
72) Taking up space
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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...
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Greg Heffley y los deportes no se llevan bien. Tras una desastrosa jornada deportiva en la escuela, Greg decide que lo de sudar la camiseta no es lo suyo, pero acepta a regañadientes las sugerencia de su mamá de inscribirse en basquetbol."--
74) Slam dunk
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Talented basketball player Ashlee Carson works hard to win a place in the nationals, but conflicts with her strict mother may stand in her way.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Thinking that luck--rather than hard work--has helped her succeed on the court and at school, ten-year-old Mia panics and turns to her twin brother for help when her lucky gold basketball goes missing from her charm bracelet.
Author
Series
Rip and Red volume 4
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
With their fifth grade graduation only weeks away, Rip, Red, and the rest of their classmates must decide if boycotting a test is worth forfeiting their graduation gala and the opportunity to play with Hoops Machine, a Harlem Globetrotters-like team.
77) Lizzy Legend
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Lizzy Trudeaux loves basketball. She doesn't have much by way of money, but she has access to the community court, a worn ball named Ginger, and she practices constantly. After fighting to join the boy's team at her school, Lizzy is finally given the opportunity to show off her hard-earned skills. When she answers what she believes is another bill collecting phone call, Lizzy receives a magical wish: the ability to sink every shot. Pure Swish. Now...
78) Hot hand
Author
Series
Comeback kids volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In the wake of his parents' separation, ten-year-old Billy seems to have continual conflicts with his father, who is also his basketball coach, but his quiet, younger brother Ben, a piano prodigy, is having even more trouble adjusting, and only Billy seems to notice.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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.
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