basketball

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basketball

Here to stay

When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi photo-shopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit, but Bijan just wants to pretend the incident never happened and move on.

Real 8

Real 7

"Vince's Tokyo Tigers take on the Chofu Dreams in the Tokyo Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. Before the tournament begins, Coach Yasuda makes Vince (who took his nickname from NBA baller Vince Carter) an offer to join the Dreams, a much superior team to the Tigers. Meanwhile, Nomiya's plan for redemption gets a setback, and the Tigers get a new addition, a grieving young man named Ryo Mizushima who misses his friends." -- website Comic Book Bin.

Real 6

"Takahashi has an awkward reunion with his father, who has been absent from his life for the past eight years. As father and son struggle with the difficulties of Takahashi's adjustment to life in a wheelchair, they must also come face to face with how much damage was done to Takahashi as a young boy facing the reality of growing up in a broken home." -- from publisher's web site.

Real 3

Paraplegic and basketball enthusiast Hisanobu Takahashi tries to cope with his demanding physical therapy and the reality that his life is no longer easy.

Real 5

Real 2

"Meet Kiyohiko Togawa, a hard-edged, no nonsense wheelchair basketball athlete with a Spartan work ethic and a keen sense of competition. Long before he ever picked up a ball, Kiyohiko was just a skinny little kid in middle school barely beginning to discover his potential to become a track star until a vicious bout with cancer cut off his track career far too soon.".

The crossover

Presents a graphic novel adaptation of Kwame Alexander's novel of the same name. Josh Bell has a talent for composing raps, and he and his twin brother Jordan are kings of the basketball court. But when the twins' close relationship begins to unravel under the strain of changes in their lives, the brothers start to realize life isn't always about winning.

Pro basketball by the numbers

2016
"Provides readers with various facts about pro basketball through graphs, charts, and other eye-popping info graphics"--Provided by publisher.

The game

2019
High school senior Marcus makes a mistake in an important basketball game, but will the mysterious gift of a chance torelive the day make things better or worse?.

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