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22) Free throw
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Since Derek is now the tallest player on his basketball team, the coach decides to have him play center but Jason, the former center, has little confidence in Derek and will not pass him the ball.
23) Nothing but net
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Layla's hard work pays off when she moves from a substitute to starting player and captain of the basketball team, but her best friend and teammate Danika causes trouble.
24) Game
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
If Harlem high school senior Drew Lawson is going to realize his dream of playing college, then professional, basketball, he will have to improve at being coached and being a team player, especially after a new--white--student threatens to take the scouts' attention away from him.
25) Danger Zone
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Description
When he joins a predominantly black "Teen Dream Team" that will be representing the United States in an international basketball tournament in Rome, Jimmy Doyle makes some unexpected discoveries about prejudice, racism, and politics.
27) Schooled
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 15
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Lionel Shephard dreams of joining the NBA, but while his father disapproves of his plans, his teachers are threatening to fail him--unaware of his poor reading abilities--and Lionel needs to decide how far he is willing to go for his dreams.
30) Hot Hand
Author
Series
Comeback kids volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In the wake of his parents' separation, ten-year-old Billy seems to have continual conflicts with his father, who is also his basketball coach, but his quiet, younger brother Ben, a piano prodigy, is having even more trouble adjusting, and only Billy seems to notice.
31) Box out
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
High school sophomore Liam jeopardizes his new position on the varsity basketball team when he decides to take a stand against his coach who is leading prayers before games and enforcing team wide participation.
32) Players
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
Eighteen-year-old Corey sees a threat to his dream of winning the basketball championship when he discovers that the new player on his team is a girl-stealing, friend-framing, team-destroying force of evil.
Author
Series
Game changers volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Ben McBain is considered the best point guard in the league, but his teammate Chase Braggs is the complete opposite of Ben who likes to talk on the court and show off.
34) No slam dunk
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In Annapolis, Maryland, seventh-grader Wes is a good teammate but this basketball season has been challenging because of his ball hog teammate Dinero, who is determined to steal the spotlight, and Wes's army veteran father who is suffering from PTSD.
35) Throwing stones
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In 1923, in Pierre, Indiana, fourteen-year-old Andy realizes a dream when he makes the high school basketball team, but when an accident keeps him from playing, he ventures into journalism and begins to understand the meaning of sportsmanship.
37) Swish!
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Two girls' teams, the Cardinals and the Blue Jays, play a close and intense game of basketball.