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[2019]., Blue Rider Press Call No: HI-INT 796.323 POW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Deep in the heart of northern Arizona, in a small and isolated patch of the vast 17.5-million-acre Navajo reservation, sits Chinle High School. Here, basketball is passion, passed from grandparent to parent to child. Rez Ball is a sport for winters where dark and cold descend fast and there is little else to do but roam mesa tops, work, and wonder what the future holds. The town has 4,500 residents and the high school arena seats 7,000. Fans drive thirty, fifty, even eighty miles to see the fast-paced and highly competitive matchups that are more than just games to players and fans. Celebrated Times journalist Michael Powell brings us a narrative of triumph and hardship, a moving story about a basketball team on a Navajo reservation that shows how important sports can be to youths in struggling communities, and the transcendent magic and painful realities that confront Native Americans living on reservations. This book details his season-long immersion in the team, town, and culture, in which there were exhilarating wins, crushing losses, and conversations on long bus rides across the desert about dreams of leaving home and the fear of the same"--Provided by the publisher.
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-- Eyewitness cat2004., Juvenile, DK Pub., Inc. Call No: 599.75 CLU Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: DK eyewitness booksSummary Note: Text and photographs present the anatomy, behavior, habitats, and other aspects of wild and domestic cats.
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2014, Juvenile, Rosen Publisher's Rosen Central Call No: HI-INT 796.323 PAT Edition: First editon. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's most winning teams.Summary Note: With the most all-time wins in men's college basketball, the University of Kentucky Wildcats have shown that they are a force to be reckoned with, since they started playing the game in 1903. This covers 110 years of Kentucky basketball history, discussing some of the most awe-inspiring moments, coaches, and players.
