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Examines the off-field training, diet, and behind-the-scenes business of professional basketball players. Also discusses topics such as endorsements, contracts, injuries, and charity work. Includes color photographs, fast fact sections, a glossary, sources for further information, and an index.
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Best friends and neighbors Isaac and Marco are opposite in looks--Isaac is tall and Marco is short--and in abilities--Isaac excels at basketball, while Marco excels at schoolwork. However, that doesn't stop the sixth graders from having each other's back and helping each other get better. Isaac wants to finally take his schoolwork seriously while Marco wants to make the basketball team to make his dad proud of him. As they each work through difficulties...
10) Candace Parker
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"Simple text and full-color photographs briefly describe the life of Candace Parker and her career as a professional basketball player"--
11) Slam dunk shoes
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When Jamal is asked to join the elite Cyclone basketball team, he worries that his ratty old shoes--all his family can afford--will hurt his image on the team.
12) Balon-susto
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When Scott wakes up with a small bite on his arm, he blames his dog--until he finds himself invited to join a game of pick-up basketball under the full moon by a group of werewolves.
13) Hot hand
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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.