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1) 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...
Author
Language
English
Description
John Stockton's #12 hangs in the rafters over the Utah Jazz, yet he's always been a private man. Now scores of fans finally have a window into the man behind jersey, and they have it in his own words. In his autobiography, John invites readers to learn about his life from childhood to the NBA, his work ethic and his friendships with other NBA greats, and his personal beliefs and why family is paramount in his life.
Author
Series
Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Description
She's smart, beautiful, and she doesn't need a man to look after her. But sports agent Myron Bolitar has come into her life—big time. Now Myron's next move may be his last. . .
Brenda Slaughter is no damsel in distress. Myron Bolitar is no bodyguard. But Myron has agreed to protect the bright, strong, beautiful basketball star. And he's about to find out if he's man enough to unravel the tragic riddle of her life.
Twenty...
Brenda Slaughter is no damsel in distress. Myron Bolitar is no bodyguard. But Myron has agreed to protect the bright, strong, beautiful basketball star. And he's about to find out if he's man enough to unravel the tragic riddle of her life.
Twenty...
4) Fade away
Author
Series
Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Description
Sports agent Myron Bolitar comes face-to-face with a past he would rather not relive when Greg Downing, a man with whom he competed in sports and for the love of the same woman, disappears.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Though not as widely known as other basketball legends, hall-of-famer Elgin Baylor was one of the game's all-time greatest players-an innovative athlete, team player, and quiet force for change. A member of the early, scrappy NBA and one of the first professional African American players, Elgin (b. 1934) played in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers, taking risks on and off the court. Known for his acrobatic style...
6) Boys among men: how the prep-to-pro generation redefined the NBA and sparked a basketball revolution
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
7) Play dead
Author
Language
English
Description
The secret honeymoon of a model and a Boston Celtics basketball player turns into tragedy when he supposedly drowns and secrets are slowly revealed to lead to the truth.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"From iconic NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony comes a raw and inspirational memoir about growing up in the housing projects of Red Hook and Baltimore-a brutal world Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised"--
10) LeBron James
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A short biography of LeBron James, basketball star.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Today, the NBA is around 74% Black but, when basketball first started to catch on, it wasn't easy for Black people to play. They couldn't enter segregated YMCAs or attend privileged colleges. So Black Americans made their own spaces, playing in dance halls before the dancing started, and eventually forming teams called the Black Fives. More than Just a Game celebrates the history of basketball from a Black perspective, revealing how it changed Black...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"An autobiography about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his life growing up in New York, becoming the basketball star he's known to be, and getting involved in the world around him as an activist for social change"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meet the man who changed the game forever. Michael Jordan has always been competitive--even as a young boy, he fought for attention. His need to be the best made him a star player on his college basketball team and helped him become an NBA legend, both for his skills and his endorsements.
17) Basketball
Author
Publisher
Amicus High Interest
Pub. Date
c2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
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.
19) The chance
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
The day before a teenage Ellie moved from Georgia to California, she and her best friend Nolan sat beneath the Spanish moss of an ancient oak tree where they wrote letters to each other and buried them in a rusty old metal box. The plan was to return eleven years later, dig the box up, and read the letters. But now, as that date approaches, much has changed. Ellie has abandoned the faith she grew up with, her days consumed with loving her little girl...
20) Kevin Durant
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Learn about NBA superstar Kevin Durant in this book in a nonfiction series about your favorite athletes' childhoods and what (or who) helped them become the stars they are today! He's 6' 9" with a wingspan of 7' 5", and everyone knows him as KD. He's a two-time NBA champ, two-time Finals MVP, and four-time Scoring Champ. He's Kevin Durant, and the NBA has never seen a player quite like him before. However, as impressive as the stats may be, what's...
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