Hoops And Hopes

Author : Jake Maddox
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1663911002
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hoops and Hopes written by Jake Maddox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2021 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 help Autumn realize that, no matter where she's from or how she speaks, she belongs at camp-and on the court-just as much as anyone else"--

Author : Reuben A. Buford May
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 081479596X
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Through the Hoop written by Reuben A. Buford May and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the lives and hopes of the players on Georgia's Northeast High School Knights' basketball team, discussing the important role of the sport in their lives along with such issues as race, masculinity, and sportsmanship.

Author : Walter Dean Myers
Publisher : Ember
ISBN 13 : 0553512129
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hoops written by Walter Dean Myers and published by Ember. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults New Bonus Content: -Q&A with Walter Dean Myers -Q&A with screenwriter John Ballard -Teaser chapter from On a Clear Day -Excerpt from 145th Street All eyes are on seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, once had the chance—but sold out. As the tournament nears, Lonnie learns that some heavy bettors want Cal to keep him on the bench so that the team will lose the championship. As the last seconds of the game tick away, Lonnie and Cal must make a decision. Are they willing to blow the chance of a lifetime?

Author : Neil Swidey
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 1586484699
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Assist written by Neil Swidey and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows coach Jack O'Brien, who led Boston's Charlestown High School basketball team to victory in several state championships, and chronicles his relationship with two talented African-American basketball players.

Author : Bill Reynolds
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466893095
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hope written by Bill Reynolds and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hope High School in Providence, Rhode Island was once a model city school, graduating a wide range of students from different backgrounds. But the tumult of the 1960s and the drug wars of the 70s changed both Providence and Hope. Today, the aging school is primarily Hispanic and African-American, with kids traveling for miles by bus and foot each day. Hope was known for its state championship basketball teams in the 1960s, but its 2012 team is much different. Disobedient, distracted, and overwhelmed by family troubles, with mismatched sneakers and a penchant for profanity and anger, these boys represent Coach Dave Nyblom's dream of a championship, however unlikely that might seem. Nyblom's mostly black players, including several who emigrated to Providence from war-torn Liberia, face gang violence, domestic uncertainty, drug problems, and a host of other issues. But with the unfailing support and guidance of Nyblom and other Hope coaches, their ragtag team gradually pulls together, overcoming every obstacle to find the faith and trust in themselves that Nyblom never stops teaching. A look at a hidden world that just a few hundred yards from Brown University, Bill Reynolds' Hope is the inspiring true story of young men and their mentors pursuing one goal—a championship—but achieving so much more.

Author : Rus Bradburd
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613739338
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All the Dreams We've Dreamed written by Rus Bradburd and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shawn Harrington returned to Marshall High School as an assistant coach years after appearing as a player in the iconic basketball documentary film Hoop Dreams. In January of 2014, Marshall's struggling team was about to improve after the addition of a charismatic but troubled player. Everything changed, however, when two young men opened fire on Harrington's car as he drove his daughter to school. Using his body to shield her, Harrington was struck and paralyzed. The mistaken-identity shooting was followed by a series of events that had a devastating impact on Harrington and Marshall's basketball family. Over the next three years it became obvious that the dream of the game providing a better life had nearly dissolved. Author Rus Bradburd tells Shawn's story with empathy and care, exploring the intertwined tragedies of gun violence, health care failure, racial assumptions, struggling educational systems, corruption in athletics—and the hope that can survive them all.

Author : Carl Deuker
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0395979366
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Night Hoops written by Carl Deuker and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While trying to prove that he is good enough to on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and erratic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.

Author : Alejandro Danois
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451666985
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boys of Dunbar written by Alejandro Danois and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The inspirational story of the most talented high-school basketball team ever and the dedicated coach who gave his players a lifetime opportunity by insisting on success"--

Author : Neil Swidey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781606869109
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Assist: Hoops, Hope, and the Game of Their Lives written by Neil Swidey and published by . This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revolving around fascinating, complex characters, "The Assist" is a riveting portrait of a driven basketball coach at an iconic high school and of his players, each struggling to rise above the many forces pulling them down.

Author : John Gasaway
Publisher : Twelve
ISBN 13 : 1538717123
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miracles on the Hardwood written by John Gasaway and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the David vs. Goliath rise of Catholic college basketball, from Villanova to Georgetown to Gonzaga, where small schools perennially shoot past the big power conference programs. In MIRACLES ON THE HARDWOOD, author John Gasaway traces the rise of Catholic college basketball—from its early days (Villanova made an appearance in the Final Four in the first NCAA tournament in 1939) to the dominance of the San Francisco Dons in the 1950s and the ascendance of powerhouses Georgetown, Villanova, and Gonzaga—through their decades-long rivalries and championship games. Featuring interviews with notable coaches, players, alums, and fans—including Loyola Chicago's most famous and dedicated fan, 100-year-old Sister Jean—to get at the heart of how these universities have excelled at this sport. Small in number but devout in the game's spirit, these teams have made the miraculous a matter of ritual, and their greatest works may be yet to come.