Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Sports & Recreation - Basketball

Marion High, an inner-city school in Indianapolis, has never had a state championship. It's D-Bow's Senior Year, his A-Game is ready, big-time colleges are taking notice, and he's dreaming big. The doctor says the rehabbed knee is ready for ball. D-Bow celebrates with new kicks, the LeBron XIIIs. Still, his life is not easy. First, there's the girl trouble. Lia is his steady, but his ex, Jasmine, starts texting him late at night. At home, his mom is acting crazy, because, well she's pregnant Still, the heart of Quicks is basketball. Tough-assed Coach Bolden has retired, and D-Bow is...

The MVP club needs to raise money for their basketball tournament. At first, they think selling popcorn will be easy . . . but then Luke eats more popcorn than he sells Plus there's a new kid at school who might need the money even more than the team does. Can the MVP kids raise enough money, win the tournament, and help their friend?

Perfect for kids who love to compete in all kinds of contests and have fun with great friends, David A. Kelly's series teaches...

Basketball Jones a heartwarming story of a young boy whose love of basketball changes his life in ways he never expected. Through this journey he gets an unexpected surprise, the life he always wanted.

Teddy Jones, a leader and fighter? Maybe he seems that way to a few close friends, but he feels more like a loner and a loser. Back at Orchard Elementary his bully, Shane Shuster, always kicked him off the basketball court. He never got the chance to play. Now at Andrew Jackson Middle School, Teddy's determined to change his luck and play the sport he loves whether...

She was determined to keep him out.

Nyesha had a simple rule that always kept her heart protected--basketball over boys, especially the player types. Making basketball her life had been the easy part, but when Dustin Watts, the biggest player of them all, suddenly wants more than just friendship, Nyesha has to try to keep him away before he sneaks his way into her heart.

He was determined to keep her close.

Dustin had absolutely no interest in getting to know the boring Nyesha Jenkins, whom he had grown up with, but when the opportunity to get her to finally let...

Let's Play Basketball is a story about a group of animals from Africa, who developed strategies to use their individual talents to achieve the goal of being selected to be part of a big basketball game tournament in their city of Nambi. They learned that everyone has a different talent, and if everyone works together as a team, many accomplishments will be achieved.

Let's Play Basketball is a story about a group of animals from Africa, who developed strategies to use their individual talents to achieve the goal of being selected to be part of a big basketball game tournament in their city of Nambi. They learned that everyone has a different talent, and if everyone works together as a team, many accomplishments will be achieved.

Travel on a journey with Marc, who is facing emotions on the day of his basketball tryouts. Throughout the day, some of his friends will try to help Marc while others try to hold him back. Will Marc face his fears and make the team?

Created by Shaquille O'Neal and illustrated in full color by Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent award winner Theodore Taylor III, the Little Shaq series celebrates family, friends, and community and will have kids cheering for reading

Little Shaq has always wanted his own kitten, but his parents aren't sure he's responsible enough. When Little Shaq is chosen as his class's Star of the Week, he knows that this is his moment to shine, to prove to his parents that they can count on him. Will Little Shaq be able to show he's ready for his very own pet?

Failure is an inescapable fact of life. We must deal with it, and so must our children. If we are to help them, we must let them know it's okay to talk about it. In this children's book titled "Coach, What am I doing Wrong" the author explains dealing with failure and using visualization and positive thinking to overcome through the eyes of a young boy, Xavier. As a young girl, the author memorized definitions in the dictionary and studied the thesaurus. She fell in love with words and began writing. While writing wasn't always at the forefront, it was always her passion and remained close...

Failure is an inescapable fact of life. We must deal with it, and so must our children. If we are to help them, we must let them know it's okay to talk about it. In this children's book titled "Coach, What am I doing Wrong" the author explains dealing with failure and using visualization and positive thinking to overcome through the eyes of a young boy, Xavier. As a young girl, the author memorized definitions in the dictionary and studied the thesaurus. She fell in love with words and began writing. While writing wasn't always at the forefront, it was always her passion and remained close...

It's spring of their fifth-grade year and Rip and Red have a thrilling opportunity to participate in a weekend basketball tournament with a few other members of Clifton United. While the tournament is only a short bus ride away, both boys will travel outside their comfort zones. Ultra-competitive Rip must play on a team with kids he doesn't like. But he faces an even bigger hurdle when someone from his past returns, someone he hasn't seen in years, someone who just may derail the entire weekend. As for Red, because of his autism spectrum disorder, he's never traveled anywhere without his...