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1) Sooley
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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...
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Discover the bone-chilling adventures that made Goosebumps one of the bestselling children's book series of all time. Now with all-new bonus materials!
Samantha Byrd is a klutz. An accident waiting to happen. And that makes her the least popular member of the girls' basketball team.But all of that is about to change. Sam's met someone who can grant her three wishes.Too bad Sam wasn't more careful when she asked for. BEcause her wishes are coming...
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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.
7) Space Jam
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Michael Jordan is "recruited" from his baseball team to help the Warner Bros. characters defeat a group of aliens in a basketball game where the stakes are their freedom for all time.
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This biography highlights the life and accomplishments of Michael Jordan. Readers learn about Jordan's early life, his basketball career including an NCAA national championship, two Olympic gold medals, six NBA championships, and induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame and his ownership of the Charlotte Hornets and a NASCAR team" --
10) Stephen Curry
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"Stephen Curry is one of the top players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Now he uses his fame to give back to others. Learn more about how Curry became an NBA star!"
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"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...
12) Glory road
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Follows the first predominately African American basketball team in college history to an NCAA championship.
13) Grown ups
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Five friends and former teammates reunite on the Fourth of July weekend to honor the passing of their former high school basketball coach.
14) The mighty Macs
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In the early '70s, Cathy Rush became the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team had no gym or uniforms, and the school was in danger of being sold, Coach Rush steered her girls to their first national championship.
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"Brian has always been anxious, whether at home or in class or on the basketball court. His dad tries to get him to stand up for himself, and his mom helps as much as she can, but after he and his brother are placed into foster care, Brian starts having panic attacks. And he doesn't know if things will ever be 'normal' again ... Ezra's always been popular. He's friends with most of the kids on his basketball team--even Brian, who usually keeps to...
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J-Rod moves like a small battle tank on the court, his face mean, staring down his opponents. "I play just like my father," he says. "Before my father died, he was a problem on the court. I'm a problem." Playing basketball for him fuses past and present, conjuring his father's memory into a force that opponents can feel in every bone-breaking drive to the basket. On the street every ballplayer has a story. Onaje X. O. Woodbine, a former streetball...
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"Hope High School in Providence, Rhode Island was once a model city school, graduating a wide range of students from different backgrounds. But the tumult of the 1960s and the drug wars of the 70s changed both Providence and Hope. Today, the aging schoolis primarily Hispanic and African-American, with kids traveling for miles by bus and foot each day. Hope was known for its state championship basketball teams in the 1960s, but its 2012 team is much...
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Marshall High School coach Shawn Harrington was about to turn his team's struggling record around with the help of promising point guard Tim Triplett. But it all came crashing to a halt when he was caught in a drive-by shooting in a case of mistaken identity. Using his body to shield his daughter from gunfire, Harrington is struck and paralyzed. All the Dreams We've Dreamed is a heartrending story about gun violence on Chicago's West Side. Within...
19) Bound for danger
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When new team members are being kidnapped and threatened, Frank and Joe join the basketball team at the request of their principal to uncover the culprits.
20) Joel Embiid
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Center Joel Embiid racks up points for the Philadelphia 76ers. Readers will learn how this All-Star National Basketball Association (NBA) player stays at the top of his game and how he spends his time off the court.
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