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1) Dough boys
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Told in two voices, thirteen-year-old best friends Simp and Rollie play on a basketball team in their housing project, but Rollie dreams of being a drummer and Simp, to impress the gang leader, Coach Tez.
2) Foul trouble
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"College recruiters are clambering to sign up Terrell Jamerson, the #1 high school basketball player in the country. But not all of these recruiters are straight shooters, and Terrell will have to think fast if he wants to stay in the game"--
3) Point guard
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Gus is excited for basketball this year, but he is disappointed to find that his team's center, Steve Kerrigan, likes poking fun at him for his Dominican heritage, telling him to go play baseball instead. Then, when the team gets a new player--a girl and one of Gus' best friends--things get more complicated. Gus starts questioning if he belongs in this town and school at all.
5) Big shot
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"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...
6) El crossover
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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.
7) Remember us
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"It seems like Sage's whole world is on fire the summer before she starts seventh grade. As house after house burns down, her Bushwick neighborhood gets referred to as "The Matchbox" in the local newspaper. And while Sage prefers to spend her time shooting hoops with the guys, she's also still trying to figure out her place inside the circle of girls she's known since childhood. A group that each day, feels further and further away from her. But...
8) Swish
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After briefly playing on the volleyball team, twelve-year-old Elle rejoins the basketball team, helps them reach the playoffs, and creates a booster club to support girls' sports teams at school.
10) Outside shot
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"Richie Mallon has always known he was a shooter. Now that he is facing basketball tryouts under a tough new coach, will his amazing shooting talent be enough to keep him on the team?"--
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Hank Watson enjoys helping his basketball team win big games, however, his true passion is cooking. When Hank has an opportunity to meet celebrity chef Brenton Spooner, Hank jumps at the chance, but while practicing a difficult dish to impress his idol, he accidentally burns his hand. The injury affects his performance both on the court and in the kitchen, and despite the setback, Hank is determined to help his team achieve victory in the big game...
12) Nothing but net
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Layla has worked all summer to prepare for basketball tryouts. When tryouts arrive, she not only makes the team's starting lineup, but is named team captain. Unfortunately her best friend and teammate, Danika, is jealous.
13) Rebound
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In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
14) Taking up space
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Twelve-year old Sarah is used to being the star on her basketball team, playing with her best friends, but suddenly she finds that her body is changing and she does not understand why she cannot keep up on the court, plus she does not understand why her mother has gotten so weird about food, binging on candy while forgetting about dinner, and she really does not understand why she told Benny, her crush, about her mother--but when Benny offers to teach...
15) Centerville
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"Basketball-crazy Jake Burnett is thrilled to be leaving home to attend prestigious Centerville Prep. It's an opportunity to pursue his hoop dreams at the highest level. But things aren't quite as advertised at his new school, and Jake soon finds himself struggling both on and off the court. At first, Jake is determined to play harder and ignore the warning signs. Until he discovers that his new head coach is a scam artist, putting kids at risk for...
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When eighth grade basketball player Shaena suffers a concussion in a game, she finds herself sidelined two weeks before the big game--and as she watches her team practice with the new freshman player, Shaena, who is used to being the star, starts to worry that by the time she recovers she will no longer be needed.
18) Comeback kid
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Steve is King of the Bench. No brag. It's just a fact. And this season, Steve and his athletically challenged best friends Joey and Carlos--along with super athlete Becky O'Callahan--are joining the Mighty Plumbers basketball team. But instead of playing on the court, Steve is waiting on the sidelines to perform his top-secret ritual that turns the tide of every game in an instant.
19) Hoops and hopes
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For 12-year-old Autumn Holloway, a week at Blazing Hoops wheelchair basketball camp is a dream come true, but she struggles to fit in with her wealthier fellow campers. The campus custodial staff helps Autumn realize that, no matter where she's from or how she speaks, she belongs at camp--and on the court--just as much as anyone else.
20) Full-court mess
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Eighth-grader Lisa Vega and her basketball teammates, the Dingoes, have made it to the regional playoffs, but before the first game their school gym is vandalized, the hoops, nets, basketballs all destroyed; with no place to practice in the middle of winter the playoffs are in jeopardy, but as this years' captain Lisa is determined to find out who it was who tried to sabotage the team--and why.