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Dragon road Dragon road Laurence Yep In 1939, unable to find regular jobs because of the Great Depression, long-time friends Cal Chin and Barney Young tour the country as members of a Chinese American basketball team. OL11538573W
Tournament crisis Tournament crisis Clair Bee Chip and his teammates come to the aid of their Chinese American friend so that he can pursue an education while also playing basketball at State University. OL14871868W
Boot Camp Boot Camp Eric Walters,Jerome Williams When Nick and Kia are invited to former Toronto Raptor Jerome "Junk Yard Dog" Williams' basketball camp in Washington, DC, they quickly discover that this is no ordinary summer hoop camp. This is a b… OL14960583W
Slam Dunk Shoes Slam Dunk Shoes Jake Maddox 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 … OL15037867W
Center court sting Center court sting Matt Christopher CENTER COURT STING Trash talking leads to trouble on the basketball court.... Forward Daren McCall is quick with an insult, quick to take offense, and quick to blame anyone but himself for his troubl… OL15108512W
Slam dunk! Slam dunk! Robinson, Sharon 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… OL15152264W
Jump-Shot Detectives Jump-Shot Detectives Franklin W. Dixon When Frank tries out for the basketball team, it's Joe's job to videotape the tryouts for the coach. But when somebody steals the tape, Frank and Joe must do some detective work. OL15162175W
Rim shots Rim shots Charles R. Smith Stories and poems about playing basketball. OL15276055W
Tall tales Tall tales Charles R. Smith In this collection of stories illustrated with photographs, youngsters show off their smooth moves on the basketball court. OL15276058W
Dino-basketball Dino-basketball Lisa Wheeler Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a basketball game at Mastadon Square Garden. OL15443976W
Tall story Tall story Candy Gourlay Sixteen-year-old Bernardo, who is eight feet tall and suffers from a condition called Gigantism, leaves the Philipines to live with his mother's family in London, much to the delight of his thirteen-… OL15488071W
Rebound Rebound Bob Krech Determined to make the varsity basketball team, seventeen-year-old Ray finds his efforts to play both hindered and helped by the atmosphere of racism in his town. OL15861331W
Take your best shot Take your best shot John Coy Jackson confronts many challenges in his first year of middle school as his mother plans to get married, the best player on his basketball team leaves, he needs to ask a girl to go to a school dance … OL16239518W
Planet Middle School Planet Middle School Nikki Grimes A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl. OL16296541W
Point guard prank Point guard prank Jake Maddox Somebody is playing nasty tricks on Ryan DeMoss, point guard for the Hillcrest Hammers, and it is starting to interfere with his game right before the big tournament. OL16416773W
Mason Dixon Mason Dixon Claudia Mills Fourth-grader Mason struggles to enjoy playing basketball after his best friend persuades him to join a team, and learns that the dog-hating lady next door is not so bad after all. OL16517900W
The Basket ball The Basket ball Esmé Raji Codell After the boys won't let her join in their basketball game, Lulu decides to host a Basket Ball, where girls from all over come to participate and, with Lulu as captain, end up forming a special team. OL16555110W
Home court Home court Amar'e Stoudemire Between sports, school, and working for his father, eleven-year-old Amar'e's life is full and he is not yet ready to concentrate on basketball--but when a group of older boys start hogging the local … OL16645882W
Shane Shane Stephen Arterburn Instead of a few quiet days between YB2 tours that he hoped for, Shane spends his Christmas break teaching a well-known basketball star how to sing in exchange for basketball lessons. OL1705577W
Foul Trouble Foul Trouble John Feinstein,Memed Sarp Solakoglu This book is fun for those who like sports action books. It will lead you on the path to becoming a higher level basketball player and what could happen when doing so. OL17075328W
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