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1) Outside shot
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Richie Mallon has always known he was a shooter. Now that he is facing basketball tryouts under a tough new coach, will his amazing shooting talent be enough to keep him on the team?"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hank, Nathan, Jeremy, and Anabel deal with the realities of middle school basketball, including family pressure, a series of coaches with very different personalities and agendas, and what it means to be a team--and a friend.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brian uses basketball to block out memories of his girlfriend and her family who were gunned down a year ago, but the upcoming murder trial and a high school history assignment force him to face the past and decide how far he should go to see justice served. Includes facts about miscarriages of justice in American history.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jake's jump shot is as good as money in the bank, but when he heads to the foul line... clank! If Jake doesn't find a way to solve his free throw woes, his coach will have no choice but to put him on the pine. Will Jake nail it, or will he fail it?" --
11) Full court press
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the three-on-three tournament over, it's now time for tryouts for the school rep team. The question is will grade three students Nick and Kia have any chance to make the team? After all the rep team is normally made up only of grade five players. When Nick and Kia decide that they will try out for the team, they find they get a chilly and somewhat hostile reception from the older students. But their determination pays off and they make the team,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Because she is now over six feet tall everybody expects Juniper to be good at basketball, especially her demanding coach (who also happens to be her father)--but she is not sure that she even likes basketball, and she definitely does not like the pressure that she feels when she misses a shot and her father benches her.
13) Shot clock
Author
Series
Shot Clock volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
"Tony loves basketball. But the game changed recently when his best friend, Dante, a hoops phenom, was killed by a police officer. Tony hopes he can carry on Dante's legacy by making the Sabres, the AAU basketball team Dante took to two national championships. Tony doesn't make the team, but Coach James likes what he sees from Tony at tryouts and offers him another chance: join the team as the statistician. With his community reeling and the team...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cut from AAA hockey last season, seventh-grader Hudson Pickle needs to make the basketball team this year. But, after having an asthma attack at the first tryout, his chances aren't looking good. His former best friend, Trevor, is also trying out. But he won't even speak to Hudson since Hudson had all but ignored him while concentrating on hockey. And as if that wasn't bad enough, now his uncle Vic --- who's been staying with him and his mom since...
15) Slam dunk shoes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Jamal is asked to join the elite Cyclone basketball team, he worries that his ratty old shoes--all his family can afford--will hurt his image on the team.
16) Dough boys
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Description
"Told in two voices, thirteen-year-old best friends Simp and Rollie play on a basketball team in their housing project, but Rollie dreams of being a drummer and Simp, to impress the gang leader, Coach Tez"--Title verso page.
17) Hoops and hopes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For twelve-year-old Autumn Holloway, a week at Blazing Hoops wheelchair basketball camp is a dream come true. She has high hopes that it will be her ticket to making friends and connections in the adaptive sports community. But Autumn struggles to fit in with her wealthier fellow campers. To make matters worse, she has to use a borrowed basketball wheelchair that keeps needing repairs. It takes a chance encounter with the campus custodial staff to...
19) Deadly drive
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
On Whidbey Island, Washington, fourteen-year-old Casey has two goals--to become an excellent basketball player like her mother was, and to find the hit-and-run driver who injured her and killed her mother nine years earlier.
20) Box out
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
High school sophomore Liam jeopardizes his new position on the varsity basketball team when he decides to take a stand against his coach who is leading prayers before games and enforcing teamwide participation.
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