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Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 15
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"At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education if they would come play for his basketball team, the Cardinals. Despite their fears of leaving home and the sacrifices...
2) Big shot
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Series
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
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"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...
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Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
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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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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 29
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Sam Pickett never expected to settle in this dried-up shell of a town on the western edge of the world. He's come here to hide from the violence and madness that have shattered his life, but what he finds is whet he least expects.There's a spirit that endures in Willow Creek, Montana. It seems that every inhabitant of this forgotten outpost has a story, a reason for taking a detour to this place or a reason for staying.
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
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Samantha, the laughingstock of the girls' basketball team, meets someone who can grant her three wishes, but she isn't careful what she wishes for and they come true, turning her life into a living nightmare.
8) Fast break
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
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Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
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Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 5
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"Myron Bolitar is a hotheaded sports agent with a fierce wit, a taste for Yoo-Hoo, and a penchant for falling into jobs he doesn't want. In this novel Myron is asked to keep an eye on the star of the new women's basketball league who's been receiving threats on her life. Myron takes on the seemingly innocuous task, figuring he'll pick up the star as a new client. But soon her beauty and her quiet strength have him falling for her terrible story -...
10) Summer ball
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Danny Walker volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
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When your the smallest kid playing a big man's game, the challenges never stop-especially when your name is Danny Walker. Thirteen-year-old Danny must prove himself all over again for a disapproving coach and against new rivals at a summer basketball camp.
11) Basketball
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"Offers easy-to-follow instruction that is sure to improve the all-around performance of any young basketball player, from passing, dribbling, and mastering the triple-threat stance to individual and team defending, making the perfect lay-up, and more advanced offensive plays" -- dust jacket back.
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Athlete vs. mathlete series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
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When their two worlds collide in seventh grade, fraternal twins and opposites Owen and Russell find themselves in direct competition at school, on the court, and at home.
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"They were the Beatles of basketball, the Mercury Seven in sneakers. In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the planet, and remade the NBA into a global sensation. As a senior staff writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat...
14) Play makers
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Game changers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
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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...
15) Hooper
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
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For Adam Reed, basketball is a passport. Adam's basketball skills have taken him from an orphanage in Poland to a loving adoptive mother in Minnesota. When he's tapped to play on a select AAU team along with some of the best players in the state, it just confirms that basketball is his ticket to the good life: to new friendships, to the girl of his dreams, to a better future.
16) Front and center
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Dairy queen trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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Other folks have big plans for D.J. Like her coach. College scouts. All the town hoops fans. A certain Red Bend High School junior who?s keen for romance and karaoke. Not to mention Brian Nelson, who she should not be thinking about! Who she is done with, thank you very much. But who keeps showing up anyway . . .
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Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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"Basketball : A Guide for Players and Fans gives young readers a courtside look at one of the world's most popular sports. Readers will find easy-to-read explanations of basketball's beginnings, basic rules and strategies, and how they can suit up and get on the court. This book features colorful photos, fun facts, and informative sidebars, and kids who love basketball won't want to stop reading until they're ready for tip-off!"--
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"Drawing on unprecedented access and personal experiences that would not be possible for any reporter today, Shaughnessy takes us inside the legendary Larry Bird-led Celtics teams, capturing the camaraderie as they rose to dominate the NBA. Fans can witness the cockiness of Larry Bird (who once walked into an All Star Weekend locker room, announced that he was going to win the three-point contest, and did); the ageless athleticism of Robert Parish;...