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1) True legend
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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Fifteen-year-old Drew "True" Robinson loves being the best point-guard prospect in high school basketball, but learns the consequences of fame through a former player, as well as through the man who expects to be his manager when True reaches the NBA.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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Bunny and Nasir have been best friends forever, but when Bunny accepts an athletic scholarship across town, Nasir feels betrayed. While Bunny tries to fit in with his new, privileged peers, Nasir spends more time with his cousin, Wallace, who is being evicted. Nasir cańђةt help but wonder why the neighborhood is falling over itself to help Bunny when Wallace is in trouble. When Wallace makes a bet against Bunny, Nasir is faced with an impossible...
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Series streaming now on Disney+, with executive producers including NBA great LeBron James!The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning middle grade bestseller! Basketball and heartache share the court in this slam-dunk novel in verse.“With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. ’Cuz tonight I’m delivering,” raps twelve-year-old Josh Bell. Thanks to their...
5) El crossover
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Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
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.
6) Swagger
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Description
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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Series
Here's Hank volume 10
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Hank will need help from his father and friends if he is to help his second grade basketball team beat their arch rivals for the third year in a row.
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Appears on list
Description
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.
11) Baller Ina
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Description
"A rhyming picture book about Ina who is a graceful ballerina who also loves to get competitive on the basketball court"--
12) The sixth man
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"New kid Max Bellotti has the talent to lead The Lions basketball team straight to victory, but Max he also has a secret that could disrupt their winning streak once it's exposed"--
13) 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.
14) Double exposure
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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Fifteen-year-old Alyx Atlas starts school in a new state with a new identity--as a girl--but a bully on the basketball court threatens to reveal that Alyx is an intersex person, which could disqualify Alyx and the team from playing in the state championship game.
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Series
Rip and Red volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"From the first morning with their odd new teacher fifth grade is full of shocking surprises for best friends Rip and Red" --
17) I got next
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"A young basketball player receives inspiration from a surprising place and joins the competition ready to try his best"--
18) On point
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Zayd is so excited to finally be on the Gold Team in basketball but when the team starts struggling and his best friend quits to play football he must step up for his team"--
19) Lizzy Legend
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Unhappy at not being allowed to play on the boys' basketball team, Lizzy Trudeau, thirteen, wishes to never miss another shot and soon finds herself playing in the NBA against her hero, the greatest player of all time.
20) Ball Don't Lie
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
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Description
-- Ball Don’t Lie -- Riveting " -- Gritty and mesmerizing."I have never before seen blacktop ball depicted so well. In this novel, you will find its flash, its power, and its elegance without chains. This is powerful "Truly authentic in its examination of both the game I love and the invariable missteps toward manhood. You cannot fail to be moved by the eloquence and truth of this story. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults An ALA Quick Pick for...