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2) Overcomer
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life changes overnight for coach John Harrison when his high school basketball team2s state championship dreams are crushed under the weight of unexpected news. When the largest manufacturing plant in town suddenly shuts down and hundreds of families begin moving away, John must come to grips with the challenges facing his family and his team. John is frustrated and questioning his worth, until he crosses paths with a student struggling with her own...
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A lively and colorful account of the 1969 NBA Finals--one of the greatest upsets in basketball history--through the eyes of future sports writing legend Leigh Montville, who was covering the coast-to-coast event as a brand-new twenty-four-year-old reporter for The Boston Globe"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers!
Stephen Curry is a star player for the Golden State Warriors. With carefully leveled text, colorful photos, and critical thinking questions, this title will be a slam dunk with young basketball fans.
6) Rebound
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
7) Chlorine sky
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Picked on at home, criticized for talking trash while beating boys at basketball, and always seen as less than her best friend, a girl struggles to like and accept herself.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
After seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called...
9) Hoop dreams
Series
Criterion collection volume 289
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + insert.
Language
English
Description
This documentary follows two inner-city basketball phenoms' lives through high school as they chase their dreams of playing in the NBA.
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