Slam Dunk Shoes

By Jake Maddox

Subjects: Basketball stories, African Americans, African americans, fiction, Self-confidence, Basketball, Sports, Self-confidence, fiction, Self-confidence in fiction, African Americans in fiction, Basketball, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Basketball in fiction, Juvenile fiction

Description: It’s the chance of Jamal’s life. He’s been asked to try out for the super-elite youth basketball team, The Cyclones. The team kids have the best of everything: the best uniforms, the best shoes, and the best equipment. How can Jamal’s ragged old shoes compare with that? So his dad makes him a deal: If Jamal makes the team, he gets the shoes. But will the fancy new shoes really improve Jamal’s game?