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1) 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.
2) No slam dunk
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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.
3) Remember us
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The summer before seventh grade, as the constant threat of housefires looms over her Brooklyn neighborhood, basketball-loving Sage is trying to figure out her place in her circle of friends, when a new kid named Freddy moves in"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
A talented basketball player struggles to deal with the helplessness and anger that come with having a brother rendered completely dysfunctional by severe cerebral palsy and a father who deserted the family.
6) Rez ball
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When the varsity basketball team members take him under their wing, Tre Brun, representing his Ojibwe reservation, steps into his late brother's shoes as star player but soon learns he can't mess up--not on the court, not in school and not in love.
8) Fast break
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
201 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Starting the basketball season after their football championship, Ben McBain and his crew are challenged by newcomer Chase Braggs, whose point guard abilities outstrip Ben's and who attracts Lily's attention while Ben is busy practicing.
12) Puppy love
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After saving a drowning puppy while dealing with a huge crush on his classmate Sierra, thirteen-year-old Jordan Mendoza nurses the abandoned puppy back to health and wonders who threw her into the canal and if there are more puppies needing rescue.
13) Pure red
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cassia Bernard gives basketball a chance in an attempt to capture the interest of a boy named Graham Hadley, but when her father, an experienced artist, agrees to mentor Graham with his art project, all of his attention is focused on her father instead of her.
14) The crossover
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
15) Comeback kid
Author
Series
King of the bench volume 4
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After Steve and his friends Joey and Carlos, along with the super athletic Becky, join the Mighty Plumbers basketball team, Steve doesn't get to play and is stuck on the bench during the league championship game until he decides to perform his secret ritual move that could win the game.
16) Time out
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When high school basketball star Barclay Elliot comes out during the biggest pep rally in the town's history, he is faced with unexpected hostility until his best friend Amy introduces him to Christopher, who offers him a real shot at love.
17) Baller Ina
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A rhyming picture book about Ina who is a graceful ballerina who also loves to get competitive on the basketball court"--
18) Ball don't lie
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2007], c2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Sticky lives to play basketball at school and at Lincoln Rec Center in Los Angeles and is headed for the pros, but he is unaware of the many dangers--including his own past--that threaten his dream.
19) The big break
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's 1974, and Julie Albright has just moved to a new neighborhood and started at a new school. So when she finds out the basketball team is 'boys only,' Julie is determined to fight for her right to play. Will a petition with 150 names be enough to make the coach change his mind and give her a chance?--
20) All-star pups!
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When the mayor of Foggy Bottom challenges Adventure Bay to a basketball game, the PAW Patrol is at the ready to win the day.
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