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Indiana basketball prodigy Derrick Bowen--D-Bow to his friends--is impatient to start his freshman year, but his coach favors a senior for a guard spot; meanwhile, pressure at home builds for D-Bow to transfer from his neighborhood school to an exclusive prep school.
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Golden State Warriors is a beginner's history of the NBA's Golden State Warriors. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers will experience the team's highest and lowest moments, meet the team's best players and managers, and gain the inside track on information that completes the team's story. Mini-biographies, fun facts, anecdotes, fantastic quotes, and sidebars combine with full-color, action-packed photographs to round out the story...
124) Titan clash
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High school basketball star Jack Spencer has everything going for him until he uncovers suspicious circumstances surrounding his mother's serious car accident.
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Udoka Clendon is a first-year university student and a product of basketball systems that have produced professional players, from very young, he is been pushed relentlessly by his family on a troubling pursuit for an athletic scholarship. He is burdened by expectations and self-doubt. Udoka tries to reignite his passion for the game, now, he is been given a final opportunity at the city-wide tournament to rediscover his confidence and his sense of...
127) Cheeky brat: Vol. 2
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"I, Yuki, have no intention of admitting it. Never. The last thing I will ever do is plead guilty to the crime of maybe possibly having a soft spot for my cheeky playboy of an underclassman--who's an absolute brat--Naruse. Speaking of which, instead of focusing on his strange grade school rivalry with this Shizuka guy, he needs to get his head in the game and focus on our qualifiers...!! Maybe I was expecting too much from him, after all..."--
128) Front and center
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During her junior year basketball season, D.J. faces the dual challenges of college recruiting and romance.
129) The outside shot
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Recruited by a small midwestern college to play basketball, a Harlem boy has many new experiences, including working with a child who needs physical therapy and dealing with corruption in college sports.
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"Steven Adams overcame extreme odds to become a first-round prospect in the 2013 NBA draft. From there he signed a major contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder--making him New Zealand's highest-paid athlete ever--and went on to forge a reputation for his intense, physical style of basketball. Adams takes you inside the draft process from the fascinating whirlwind tour of pre-draft workouts with dozens of teams to the draft itself where dreams are...
132) Dragon hoops
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"Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him 'Stick' and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making....
134) Edenville Owls
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New York Times bestselling author Robert B. Parker?s first novel for young readers
There is something evil in the air ; Bobby senses it. Who is that man he saw arguing with his pretty new English teacher? Bobby knows he should mind his own business, but times are confusing. World War II just ended, and the world is changing? Bobby?s world, especially. There?s Joanie, for one?why does being her friend feel awkward? And then there are...
There is something evil in the air ; Bobby senses it. Who is that man he saw arguing with his pretty new English teacher? Bobby knows he should mind his own business, but times are confusing. World War II just ended, and the world is changing? Bobby?s world, especially. There?s Joanie, for one?why does being her friend feel awkward? And then there are...
135) Blood and basketball
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When Dale makes the Jackson Eagles basketball team, he struggles with maintaining his relationship with his ex-convict brother Bode and his becoming part of the team.
136) Cheeky brat: Vol. 1
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"Basketball club manager Yuki has a secret-she's in love with the team captain! But when Naruse, her cheeky kouhai, discovers her big secret, she's in a tight spot! Just how long is he going to keep teasing her about it!? Stupid pretty playboy...." --
137) Black and white
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Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.
138) The Currys
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Provides information on the family of professional basketball players Stephen and Seth Curry. Discusses their parents' athletic abilities, how they were raised, their family values, and future together. Includes a timeline, a quiz, an activity, a recipe, color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
139) Ball don't lie
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Seventeen-year-old Sticky lives to play basketball at school and at Lincoln Rec Center in Los Angeles and is headed for the pros, but he is unaware of the many dangers--including his own past--that threaten his dream.
140) Cheeky brat: Vol. 4
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"Is it bad for me to tell people we're dating? Huh?! Who's dating whom now? I said I'd think about it. And how exactly does he go from “I'll come watch your games” to “I'll be your girlfriend”? Stupid jerk even told the entire basketball team that he's going out with a third-year. Between those rumors and running into Hakamada-kun--and therefore having to deal with pouty Naruse--everything's driving me up the wall! Why am I even considering...