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1) Big shot
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
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...
2) Last shot
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
4) Point guard
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
"It's basketball season for the home team but Gus must wrestle with prejudice when he's the only one bothered by Cassie joining the boys' team and his teammate Steve makes fun of Gus's Dominican heritage"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
"Today, LeBron James is an international superstar who has won four NBA Championships, earned two Olympic gold medals, written books, and starred in blockbuster movies. He has played for the Los Angeles Lakers, the Miami Heat, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and has gained fans across the country as he led each of those three teams to victory. Many basketball lovers consider LeBron James to be one of the greatest players of all time. But how did LeBron...
6) Loose tooth
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Peter can't decide if he wants his loose tooth to fall out because if it falls out, he will have a gap in his smile for the school pictures, but money from the tooth fairy will help him buy a new basketball.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"While Hanif Abdurraqib is an acclaimed author, a gifted poet, and one of our culture's most insightful music critics, he is most of all, at heart, an Ohioan. Growing up in Columbus in the '90s, Abdurraqib witnessed a golden era of basketball, one in which legends like LeBron were forged, and countless others weren't. His lifelong love of the game leads Abdurraqib into a lyrical, historical, and emotionally rich exploration of what it means to make...
Author
Series
Winning season volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Free throw specialist Cornell "Dunk" Duncan joins the YMCA summer basketball league all-star team, but after losing his confidence in an important game the seventh-grader makes some decisions about becoming an all-around player.
10) Sooley
Author
Language
English
Description
After seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called...
11) Basketball
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Text and detailed photographs present the history, techniques, and interesting facts of basketball.
13) Phoenix Suns
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Description
A team history of the Phoenix Suns, the first major-league professional sports team to be headquartered in the state of Arizona.
15) The crossover
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 670L
Language
English
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.
16) Nothin' but net
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Tim Daniels gets a chance to go to basketball camp, he is faced with trying to be accepted by the popular players and remaining true to his friend who has become the butt of practical jokes.
17) Johnny Long Legs
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1970]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Even though he is the tallest member of the basketball team, a young boy finds he is far from being the best player.
18) Basketball
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
"Presents information about basketball in the Olympics, including the history of basketball, how it became an Olympic sport, and well-known players, such as the United States' 1992 Dream Team"--
20) Chicago Bulls
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
A history of the professional basketball team that brought Chicago its first NBA championship in 1991.