basketball stories

Rip and Red find that fifth grade continues to challenge them in brand-new ways and discover that sometimes radical change is nothing to be afraid of.

Four players at the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament struggle with the pressures of tournament play and the expectations of society at large.

"Janae works days at her Granny's Strange Goods Superstore selling lucky rabbits' feet and other useless junk. At night, she dominates the courts with her boys. She knows she'll make it big--luck's got nothing to do with it. Right?"--Back cover.

"Fifteen-year-old Justin keeps a list of goals stashed under his mattress. Number 1 is 'figure out life plans.' Number 7 is 'play a little basketball every day.' Nowhere on that list is 'take on the crew from Ghosttown,' but he's not that type to back down from a challenge"--Back cover.

Jazz's basketball coach says that Jazz did nothing wrong in setting a hard screen. But with the opponent's star player injured, and her own teammates turned against her, Jazz isn't so sure.

Derrick "D-Bow" Bowman thought sophomore year would be easier, but his girlfriend Jasmine leaves him for putting too much focus on basketball, the jump shot he worked on all summer is not working, and his father has a heart attack, forcing Derrick to accept that basketball cannot be his only priority.

With college recruiters clambering to sign up him up, Terrell Jamerson will have to think fast if he wants to stay in the game.

Coach Barkley's basketball team wants to have a good time during an elite tournament, but he insists that they try to win, although they feel outmatched.

In 1939, unable to find regular jobs because of the Great Depression, long-time friends Cal Chin and Barney Young tour the country as members of a Chinese American basketball team.

High school freshmen Josie and Cami try to remain best friends as they compete for basketball awards and boys.