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).

Seth faces a strain on his friendship with Jimmy, who is both a baseball champion and something of an irresponsible fool, when Jimmy is kicked off the team.

"Layla has worked all summer to prepare for basketball tryouts. When tryouts arrive, she not only makes the team's starting lineup, but is named team captain. Unfortunately her best friend and teammate, Danika, is jealous"--Title verso page.

"Henry wants to win the doubles tennis trophy more than anything. He knows he's good enough, but he's not sure his partner, Rocky, is. Between helping Rocky train and working on his history project with Jazz, Henry may have more than he can handle."--Jacket flap.

"Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the "Rules of Cool." At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform academically and athletically...

For Adam Reed, basketball is a passport. Adam's basketball skills have taken him from an orphanage in Poland to a loving adoptive mother in Minnesota. When he's tapped to play on a select AAU team along with some of the best players in the state, it just confirms that basketball is his ticket to the good life: to new friendships, to the girl of his dreams, to a better future.

"Two friends try to outdo each other on the basketball court in an out-of-this-world game of H.O.R.S.E"--

It's summertime, and that means it's time to play basketball! Tyler signs the All-Stars up for their first tournament at the local rec center, but can the All-Stars find a way to deal with their busy summer schedules and still practice for the big game?

Seventh-grade basketball star Brett is used to being good, if not the best, at everything he does, but after finding one thing he cannot do he loses confidence and starts making mistakes.

When Nick and Kia arrive for try-outs for the basketball team they played on the previous year, they are surprised to meet their new coach. Coach Barkley is a former college star known for his fierce desire to win. Though the coach has been away from the game for many years, his competitive instincts are as strong as ever and his aggressive coaching techniques are a new experience for these kids. Suddenly making the rep team no longer seems the sure...