Slam dunk!

By Robinson, Sharon

Subjects: Basketball stories, African Americans, Basketball, Families, Family, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fathers, Contests, Family life, Friendship

Description: At Harlem's Langston Hughes Middle School, eleven-year-old Elijah "Jumper" Breeze and his friends compete against Nia and her girlfriends on the basketball court, in a video dance tournament, and for a Student Council seat, and, meanwhile, several of the students face issues with their fathers.