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2008, c1981., Laurel-Leaf Call No: MYSTERY F MYE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake. Lonnie plays basketball in spite of his coach, a has-been named Cal. Followed by The Outside Shot (1987). All eyes are on seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro-basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, once had the chance--but sold out. As the Tournament nears, Lonnie learns that some heavy bettors want Cal to keep him on the bench so that the team will lose the championship. As the last seconds of the game tick away Lonnie and Cal must make a decision. Are they eilling to blow the chance of a lifetime?.
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By Alonge, L. J[2016]., Adolescent, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House Call No: SPORTS FIC ALO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Janae works days at her Granny's Strange Goods Superstore selling lucky rabbits' feet and other useless junk. At night, she dominates the courts with her boys. She knows she'll make it big--luck's got nothing to do with it. Right?"--Back cover.
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By Alonge, L. J[2016]., Adolescent, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House Call No: SPORTS FIC ALO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Fifteen-year-old Justin keeps a list of goals stashed under his mattress. Number 1 is 'figure out life plans.' Number 7 is 'play a little basketball every day.' Nowhere on that list is 'take on the crew from Ghosttown,' but he's not that type to back down from a challenge"--Back cover.
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By Alonge, L. J[2016]., Adolescent, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Fifteen-year-old Justin keeps a list of goals stashed under his mattress. Number 1 is 'figure out life plans.' Number 7 is 'play a little basketball every day.' Nowhere on that list is 'take on the crew from Ghosttown,' but he's not that type to back down from a challenge"--Back cover.
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p2000., Recorded Books Call No: PA FIC MYERS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 17-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris tells of the year in which he transfers to a magnet school for the arts, a more academically challenging, mostly white school. After being the hot shot star of his Harlem high school team, he has to learn to fit in and be a team player at his new school. He may not be able to do anything about the rest of his life--his relationships with his family and friends, his grandmother's illness, his scholastic difficulties, or what goes on in his Harlem neighborhood--but when he gets onto the basketball court, "Slam" feels in control.
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By Alonge, L. J[2017]., Adolescent, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House Call No: SPORTS FIC ALO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Toni isn't Coach Wise's favorite player. Honestly, she's not even in his top five. And if she's being real, her own teammates keep siding with him during practice. But this isn't the first time she's been on her own. She's spent her whole life bouncing from one place to the next. If you can't count on yourself, who can you count on?"--Back cover.
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By Beatty, PaulÃ1996., Picador, Henry Holt and Co. Call No: SPORTS FIC BEA Edition: Picador pbk. reissue ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An awkward black surfer bum is moved from Santa Monica to West Los Angeles, where he begins to undergo a transformation from neighborhood outcast to basketball superstar, eventually becoming the reluctant hero of the neighborhood.
