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82) Falling short
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Best friends Isaac and Marco face various challenges in sixth grade, such as Isaac getting better grades, Marco winning a spot on the basketball team, and both seeing their efforts make a change in their respective family lives. They hope their friendship and support for one another will be enough to help them from falling short.
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x, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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"An oral history of basketball"--
"Inspired by a landmark ESPN film series, this is an extraordinary oral history of basketball--its eye-opening untold history, its profound deeper meaning, its transformative influence on the world--as told through an unprecedented series of candid conversations with the game's greatest icons. This is the greatest love story never told. It has passion and heartbreak, triumph and betrayal. It is deeply intimate yet...
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xii, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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"The inside look at one of the most captivating and consequential figures in our culture with never-before-seen material. Kobe Bryant's death in January 2020 did more than rattle the worlds of sports and celebrity. The tragedy of that helicopter crash unveiled the full breadth and depth of his influence on our culture, and by tracing and telling the oft-forgotten and lesser-known story of his early life, The Rise promises to provide an insight into...
85) Playmates
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272 pages ; 17 cm
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Spenser goes back to school-to investigate corruption in college town. Taft University's hottest basketball star is shaving points for quick cash. And if Spenser doesn't watch his own footwork, the guilty parties will shave a few years off his life ...
86) Basketball
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Slam dunk! The game is tied! This book introduces the basics of basketball, the equipment needed to play, and the rules of the game. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative sidebars and captions, an activity, critical-thinking questions, sources for further research, a phonetic glossary, an index, and an introduction to the author. Activities for further learning Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back...
89) Edge of America
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1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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New man in town Kenny Williams has just accepted a position as an English professor on a reservation in Utah. Finding it hard to fit in with the Native American community, he decides to take on the challenge of coaching the girls' basketball team.
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64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
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"This comprehensive look at pro basketball records covers everything from Wilt Chamberlain's list-topping 100-point game to the lowly Charlotte Bobcats mark for fewest wins in a season. Among the record highs and lows, budding fans will find loads of epic accomplishments and eye-popping numbers. And discovering basketball's record book only multiplies the fun and wonder of following the game."--ONIX annotation.
92) Travel team
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274 pages ; 24 cm
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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.
93) Basketball
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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"An elementary introduction to the physics involved in the sport of basketball, including scientific concepts such as launch angles and inertia, and actions such as dribbling and shooting"--
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"Shawn Harrington returned to Marshall High School as an assistant coach years after appearing as a player in the iconic basketball documentary film Hoop Dreams. In January of 2014, Marshall's struggling team was about to improve ... Everything changed, however, when two young men opened fire on Harrington's car as he drove his daughter to school ... The mistaken-identity shooting was followed by a series of events that had a devastating impact on...
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xxiv, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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After an incredible first season with Golden State, Kevin Durant earned the coveted NBA Finals MVP award: he was the Warriors' top scorer in every game of the 2017 Finals, helping the team snatch the title from LeBron James and the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers. As a sports columnist for The Athletic Bay Area, and longtime beat reporter covering the Golden State Warriors, Marcus Thompson is perfectly positioned to trace Durant's inspirational...
98) Maya Moore
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31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"Explores the basketball career of Maya Moore with stats, charts, infographics, timelines, and strongly controlled text"--
100) I got next
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40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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"A young basketball player receives inspiration from a surprising place and joins the competition ready to try his best"--
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