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121) Point guard
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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"--
122) On point
Author
Series
Zayd Saleem chasing the dream volume 2
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Zayd is so excited to finally be on the Gold Team in basketball but when the team starts struggling and his best friend quits to play football he must step up for his team"--
123) Sixth man surprise
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Devante Briggs loves basketball, but now he is just the sixth man off the bench for his school team, putting up with the snide remarks of some of the other players--until an outbreak of food poisoning gives him his chance to show off his skills.
124) Play makers
Author
Series
Game changers volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
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...
126) Hoop rat
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Trey, the Spartans' team captain, becomes fast friends with Griffin, the newest member of their squad. The problem is, Griff used to play for the Spartans' biggest rivals, the Goliaths, and the rest of the Spartans think he's a rat. Trey doesn't know what to do. His teammates want him to betray his friendship with Griff to save their season-- but if they're wrong about Griff, then Trey will end up being the rat"--Unedited summary from book.
127) Meet Julie
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2007
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.
128) Full-court mess
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Lisa Vega and her basketball teammates, the Dingoes, have made it to the regional playoffs, but before the first game their school gym is vandalized, the hoops, nets, basketballs all destroyed; with no place to practice in the middle of winter the playoffs are in jeopardy, but as this years' captain Lisa is determined to find out who it was who tried to sabotage the team--and why.
Author
Series
Streetball crew volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Theo Rollins' growth spurt has Coach Mandrake trying to transform him into a basketball star, but training time is hurting the science club's chances of winning the "Aca-lympics," and being accused of stealing could mean Theo is off both teams.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Just when Lori starts to get comfortable, things change again. Lori's friends have found new interests. Her dad goes back to work for the first time since she was born. And when her mom decides to start coaching in the new after-school basketball league, Lor''s home life collides with her passion. To make matters worse, all her friends are playing for the opposing team. Lori feels frustrated and alone, like she might be falling behind in her game"--...
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes volume 9
Publisher
Viking Childrens Books
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.
132) Taking up space
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
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...
133) Falling short
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Best friends Isaac and Marco--one athletically gifted and one academically gifted--have more in common than they realize when their goals intersect, forcing them to find a way to support each other so they don't fall short.
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A series of short stories by such authors as Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Joseph Bruchac, interspersed with poems and photographs, provides different perspectives on a game of streetball played one steamy July day at the West 4th Street court in New York City known as The Cage.
135) The fifth quarter
Author
Series
Publisher
First second Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Lori Block and her best friend Sophia are dedicated to their Fourth-Grade basketball team, despite being relegated to the 5th quarter, an extra period before the real game starts, where the not-so-good kids play, and the points don't count. That doesn't matter to Lori though, because basketball is a place where working hard and getting better gives her hints of self-confidence. At school, she is awkward and unsure, and at home Lori's parents are consumed...
136) Hoops
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares's debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports. It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls' basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undefeated, they practice at night in the elementary school and play to empty bleachers. Unlike the boys' team, the Lady Bears have no buses to deliver them to away games...
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
Publisher
Amulet Books
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...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"When Lolo Long's niece Jaya begins receiving death threats, Tribal Police Chief Long calls on Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire along with Henry Standing Bear as lethal backup. Jaya "Longshot" Long is the phenom of the Lame Deer Lady Stars High School basketball team and is following in the steps of her older sister, who disappeared a year previously, a victim of the scourge of missing Native Woman in Indian Country. Lolo hopes that having Longmire...
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.
140) Hoop hustle
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Brian Worth Jr. plans on trying out for his middle school's basketball team, but the trouble is he has always relied on his height to give him an advantage and that is no longer enough--but at the local senior center, where he reluctantly volunteers, he discovers a friend in George, a former player, who sets out to teach him some of the skills he is missing.