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Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
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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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Bunny and Nasir have been best friends forever, but when Bunny accepts an athletic scholarship across town, Nasir feels betrayed. While Bunny tries to fit in with his new, privileged peers, Nasir spends more time with his cousin, Wallace, who is being evicted. Nasir cańђةt help but wonder why the neighborhood is falling over itself to help Bunny when Wallace is in trouble. When Wallace makes a bet against Bunny, Nasir is faced with an impossible...
4) El crossover
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Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
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.
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Series
Here's Hank volume 10
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
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.
7) Swagger
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
High school senior point guard Jonas Dolan is on the fast track to a basketball career until an unthinkable choice puts his future on the line.
8) True legend
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Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Fifteen-year-old Drew "True" Robinson loves being the best point-guard prospect in high school basketball, but learns the consequences of fame through a former player, as well as through the man who expects to be his manager when True reaches the NBA.
9) Baller Ina
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Edition
First edition.
Description
"A rhyming picture book about Ina who is a graceful ballerina who also loves to get competitive on the basketball court"--
10) The sixth man
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Series
The triple threat volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Edition.
Description
"New kid Max Bellotti has the talent to lead The Lions basketball team straight to victory, but Max he also has a secret that could disrupt their winning streak once it's exposed"--
11) No slam dunk
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Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
In Annapolis, Maryland, seventh-grader Wes is a good teammate but this basketball season has been challenging because of his ball hog teammate Dinero, who is determined to steal the spotlight, and Wes's army veteran father who is suffering from PTSD.
12) Double exposure
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Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
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Fifteen-year-old Alyx Atlas starts school in a new state with a new identity--as a girl--but a bully on the basketball court threatens to reveal that Alyx is an intersex person, which could disqualify Alyx and the team from playing in the state championship game.
Author
Series
Rip and Red volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Description
"From the first morning with their odd new teacher fifth grade is full of shocking surprises for best friends Rip and Red" --
15) Kicks
Author
Publisher
Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Description
The author provides an ode to sneakers and sneakerheads.
16) I got next
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Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Description
"A young basketball player receives inspiration from a surprising place and joins the competition ready to try his best"--
17) On point
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Series
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Salaam hardcover edition.
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"--
18) Lizzy Legend
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
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.
19) Hoops: a novel
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A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake.
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Series
Athlete vs. mathlete series volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
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.
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