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Rebound., #3

2003
Having survived the first round of competition at the championships, Johnan High must now take on their archrivals, Tsukuba High.

The million dollar shot

2005
Eleven-year-old Eddie gets a chance to win a million dollars by sinking a foul shot at the National Basketball Association finals.

Shot clock slam

2011
Perry "the Playmaker" was always the Tigers' go-to guy until super-tall, ultra-talented Jason Carter joined the team. Handing the ball off to Jason guarantees the team a score, but Perry refuses to play nice with the teen who stole his thunder, which throws off the team's rhythm and endangers their chance at the state championship.

Swagger

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.

Soup's hoop

1992
Soup's crazy plan to help his town's basketball team to victory includes constructing a musical instrument called a spitzentootle and snaring the evil Janice Riker in an unpleasant trap.

Benched!

1992
Woody and his friend Bannister work hard to make the eighth-grade basketball team, but then they allow basketball to come before everything else--including schoolwork.

Long-shot center

1989
With the help of his coach and a street-wise Jefferson High dropout who was once a star letterman, Brian trains hard to pump up his "inside moves.".

Hoops

2012
A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake.

The easy way

2011
Laine, a great basketball shooter who hates to practice, learns the value of hard work with the help of her friends.

Foul lines

a pro basketball novel
2006
Months after his graduation from Yale, Jamal Kelly joins the front office of the Los Angeles Lasers and finds himself thrown into the fast-paced sport's world, filled with big egos, fast cars, loose women, and high-stakes.

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