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1) Swagger
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
High school senior point guard Jonas Dolan is on the fast track to a basketball career until an unthinkable choice puts his future on the line.
2) Play makers
Author
Series
Game changers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
Starting the basketball season after an incredible football championship win, Ben McBain and his crew, including the talented Shawn O'Brien, are challenged by newcomer Chase Braggs, whose point guard abilities outstrip Ben's and who attracts Lily's attention while Ben is busy practicing.
Author
Series
Triple threat (John Feinstein) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
"New kid Max Bellotti has the talent to lead The Lions basketball team straight to victory, but Max he also has a secret that could disrupt their winning streak once it's exposed"--
5) Rez ball
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"These days, Tre Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation high school team--even though he can't help but be constantly gut-punched with memories of his big brother, Jaxon, who died in an accident. When Jaxon's former teammates on the varsity team offer to take Tre under their wing, he sees this as his shot to represent his Ojibwe rez all the way to their first state championship. This is the first step toward his...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
Jerome is the first black kid at his Junior High and is terrific at basketball! When he meets Bix, another great athlete, the two discover they have much in common and a strong friendship develops. As Jerome teaches Bix more about basketball how will these moves translate into real life? (Reading Grade Level 7 & up) (An Accelerated Reader title).
7) On guard
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"She is the star player on her basketball team, until her sister is injured in a violent crime. Instantly, her game is derailed, and she becomes a second victim. Can she save her scholarship season?"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
"When an African American student transfers from an inner-city basketball team to the suburbs, tension among the players and the coach erupts along racial lines. To the anger of his teammates, the coach kicks him off the team after he gets into a fight. Can a social media movement get him back on the court?"--
9) Here to stay
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Language
English
Description
I had it in my head that if I became popular, every day would feel like my birthday. I'd have no trouble talking to girls. I'd be admired by my peers. I did not think everything would turn to crap salad in a bucket. In all the movies, the popular kid who ascends from dorkdom has their day in the sun, and then it's smooth sailing. Marty McFly gets the truck. Daniel LaRusso gets to crane-kick Johnny. But my name isn't Marty or Daniel. My name is Bijan,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Language
English
Description
After an embarrassing loss to her ex-girlfriend in their first basketball game of the season, seventeen-year-old Scottie Zajac gets into a fender bender with the worst possible person: her nemesis, Irene Abraham, head cheerleader for the Fighting Reindeer. Irene is as mean as she is beautiful, so Scottie makes a point to keep her distance. When the accident sends Irene's car to the shop for weeks' worth of repairs and the girls are forced to carpool,...
12) To the point
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the basketball court, Randy makes up for what he lacks in skill with hard work and hustle, but his high standards are challenged when he discovers some players are cheating in school.
13) Pass it forward
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A former benchwarmer's growth spurt puts him at the center of attention on the court, but what seems like a year of promise turns into trouble when he cannot follow through in the classroom"--
Author
Series
Avant-Guards volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everything's happening-Liv and Charlie are figuring out what it means to be Liv-and-Charlie, the final game of the season is here, and the team is worried about creating the perfect fundraiser. Oh! And everyone's parents showed up to cheer them on during the most stressful time the team could imagine. Luckily the entire existence of the league doesn't depend on this one game or the Avant-Guards winning, right? Oh wait... Acclaimed writer Carly Usdin...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
HL 510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dale has a chance to ""go pro"" right out of high school. Will he make the grade? In spite of his youth, his skills are superb. Only his trouble-making brother stands between Dale and his lifetime dream. But his brother is all the family he has.
17) Boy21
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on his high school's varsity basketball team, lives in a dismal Pennsylvania town that is ruled by the Irish mob, and when his coach asks him to mentor a troubled African American student who has transferred there from an elite private school in California, he finds that they have a lot in common in spite of their apparent differences.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A thrilling, kinetic bio-epic about Michael "Air" Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time and most influential athlete in history, from the creator of the acclaimed and best-selling 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente. This tour de force explores Jordan's public successes and private struggles, with the depth of Santiago's passion for his subject shining through on every full-color page.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nineteen-year-old Sam's summer isn't off to a great start. Her boyfriend, Eli, ditched her for a European backpacking trip and now she's a counselor at Camp Blue Springs: the summer camp her eleven-year-old self swore never to return to. Sam expects the next seven weeks to be a total disaster. That is, until she meets Gavin, the camp's sailing instructor, who turns her expectations upside down. Gavin may have gotten the job just for his abs. Or that...
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