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3) 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.
6) 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.
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Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
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...
8) Fade away
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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.
9) 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.
10) Swagger
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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.
11) Night hoops
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English
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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.
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Series
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.
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Series
Alton Heights All-Stars volume 1
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English
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Cam, Tyler, and Markus are upset that their school cut the basketball team because of lack of funding. They decide to make their own! They don't have jerseys, a coach, or even a regular court to practice on. There's one more problem--they need at least two more people on the team to play. Can the team find two more players? Can they win their first game against the snooty prep school kids that keep stealing their court?
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Mason Dixon volume 3
Language
English
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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.
16) Nothing but net
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Series
Alton Heights All-Stars volume 2
Publisher
West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Spring has arrived and the Alton Heights All-Stars are ready to practice at the basketball court in their local park. Unfortunately, the city is planning to turn the park into a parking lot. Can the All-Stars convince the city that their park is necessary? They plan a neighborhood basketball game to try to change the minds of local officials.
17) Foul trouble
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Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"College recruiters are clambering to sign up Terrell Jamerson, the #1 high school basketball player in the country. But not all of these recruiters are straight shooters, and Terrell will have to think fast if he wants to stay in the game"--
18) Basketball Bats
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Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Henry and his basketball teammates, the Bats, take on the Tigers, and Henry learns a lesson about working as a team.
19) 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.
20) 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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