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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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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...
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Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Language
English
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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.
3) Rebound
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Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume Prequel
Language
English
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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.
4) Fade away
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English
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Sports agent Myron Bolitar had once aimed for a career in the NBA, until an injury cost him his chance to go pro, but when the star player for the New Jersey Dragons disappears without a trace, Bolitar takes the undercover assignment of his dreams--a position on the team.
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Million dollar series (Dan Gutman) volume 1
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English
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Eleven-year-old Eddie gets a chance to win a million dollars by sinking a foul shot at the NBA finals.
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Boxcar children volume 68
Language
English
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The Boxcar children are excited when two amazing young basketball stars become their coaches but whenever they practice there's trouble.
9) Night hoops
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Language
English
Description
While trying to prove he is good enough to play on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and the erratic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.
10) Hooray José!
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Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Because he is such a short mouse, José is never picked to play basketball, but his determination to play well and a lot of practice get him on the team and give him the ability to step in when the star player is injured the day of the playoffs.
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American girls collection. Julie, 1974 volume 1
American girls collection [Julie] volume 1
American girls 1974 volume 1
American girls collection. 1974 volume 1
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American girls collection [Julie] volume 1
American girls 1974 volume 1
American girls collection. 1974 volume 1
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Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In 1974, after Julie's parents divorce, she moves to a new San Francisco neighborhood where the school does not have a girls' basketball team, so she fights for the right to play on the boys' team.
14) Swish!
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Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Two girls' teams, the Cardinals and the Blue Jays, play a close and intense game of basketball.
15) Summer ball
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Danny must prove himself all over again for a disapproving coach and against new rivals at a summer basketball camp.
16) Front and center
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English
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D.J. faces difficult choices her junior year in high school as she resumes playing basketball, her favorite sport, and faces pressures from her coach, college recruiters, and two boys vying for her attention.
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Goosebumps volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Klutzy Samantha Byrd, the laughingstock of the girls' basketball team, is determined to pay back mean Judith Bellwood for making fun of her on the court, but she never expects her revenge to get out of hand.
18) Fast break
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English
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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.
19) Travel team
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English
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After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory.
20) Swagger
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Language
English
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High school senior point guard Jonas Dolan is on the fast track to a basketball career until an unthinkable choice puts his future on the line.
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