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41) Johnny Long Legs
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1970]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Even though he is the tallest member of the basketball team, a young boy finds he is far from being the best player
44) Rivals
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In basketball-crazed Walthorne, rival middle school stars Austin Chambers and Carter Haswell are both feeling the pressure when school sports reporter Alfie Jenks reveals scandals that jeopardize the whole season. Told through flashbacks, newspaper reports, social media posts, and interviews.
45) Boy21
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on his high school's varsity basketball team, lives in a dismal Pennsylvania town that is ruled by the Irish mob, and when his coach asks him to mentor a troubled African American student who has transferred there from an elite private school in California, he finds that they have a lot in common in spite of their apparent differences
47) Soup's hoop
Author
Series
Soup volume 11
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
1992, c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Soup's crazy plan to help his town's basketball team to victory includes constructing a musical instrument called a spitzentootle and snaring the evil Janice Riker in an unpleasant trap.
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 9
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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.
49) Off the rim
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Unhappy with his inability to score for his middle school basketball team, Chris takes lessons from his friend Greta's mother, who played in high school, and develops a good sense of teamwork. Includes a brief history of basketball.
50) On the line
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Worried that his inability to make free throws is making his junior high basketball team lose games, Marcus learns an unconventional underhand shooting method from a friendly custodian but is not sure he wants to use it. Includes a history chapter discussing great basketball players who have used the underhand toss.
51) All-star pups!
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Hoop it up with Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol as they take to the court for Adventure Bay's big basketball game."--Publisher.
52) Full court press
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
53) Game
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
If Harlem high school senior Drew Lawson is going to realize his dream of playing college, then professional, basketball, he will have to improve at being coached and being a team player, especially after a new--white--student threatens to take the scouts' attention away from him.
Author
Publisher
Arbordale Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
Entre el tiempo en que la gente sale del zoológico y el cuidador de animales circula, los animales salen para un partido de baloncesto.
Between the time the crowds leave the zoo and the zookeeper makes her rounds, the animals come out for a rousing game of basketball.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
While attending a high-profile basketball camp, T.J. begins to re-think both his motivations and his actions in guiding his learning-disabled but athletically-gifted friend through the college recruitment process.
Author
Series
Millicent Min series volume 2
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
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 satisfy his academically demanding father
59) Sink it, Rusty
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1963
Language
English
Description
Forced to referee rather than play basketball due to the after effects of polio, Rusty believes he will never play again until a new man in town organizes a team and coaches him
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